Ed, just curious what you thought of the Wapin bridge system? I have heard very little about them. I have read advertisements. What are some of the qualities that you have found in this system? -Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Sutton" <ed440@mindspring.com> To: <caut@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 11:05 AM Subject: Re: Question > Avery- > Last year I rebuilt a small 1920's Cable (5'2' or 5'4"?). Put Wapins on > the bridge and full rescale adding extra wound strings across the break, > also a full fit pinblock. It came out remarkably good, I was sorry to > return it to the owner. It was an easy piano to rebuild. > It had a semicircular laminated strut under the case, no beams, and a > single big toggle bolt crossways on the the rim (like part of a Mason and > Hamlin spider) There were no cracks in the soundboard and it had excellent > crown! > Wish I could find another one for free! > Ed S. > > > ---------- > >From: Avery Todd <atodd@UH.EDU> > >To: caut@ptg.org > >Subject: Question > >Date: Tue, Oct 2, 2001, 9:18 AM > > > > > List, > > > > A quick question. Do you think an app. 90 year old > > (the customer said) Cable & Sons that I could get > > for free would be worth my while to get for myself > > to use and restore it little by little? I'm finally > > moving into a house the end of October and would > > actually have room for a grand. > > > > The only thing she told me about it was that it had > > been refinished and that it didn't hold a tune very > > well. :-) > > > > I've got to make a decision today because she's moving. > > What little experience I have with this brand was many > > years ago. > > > > Thanks for any quick opinions. > > > > Avery > >
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