[CAUT] No name grand puzzler

[Dorothy Bell]

I tune a "Stroud" grand that shifts to the left, sn 112291, mfg 1937. It
looks and behaves like an Aeolian except for this quirk, and Pierce says it
_is_ an Aeolian. Why it is unconventional enough to shift to the left, I
cannot tell you. (Patrick Draine told me that it was probably a marketing
gimmick -- new and different!) I'm betting your stencil piano is from the
same people.
Best wishes,
Dorrie Bell
Bell's Piano Service
Boston, MA_

> [Original Message]
> From: Dempsey Jr., Paul E <dempsey at marshall.edu>
> To: pianotech at ptg.org <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Cc: caut at ptg.org <caut at ptg.org>
> Date: 1/12/2011 11:52:53 AM
> Subject: [CAUT] No name grand puzzler
>
> Lists,
>
> Yesterday I hade the occasion to tune a little grand piano that had no
identification as to the maker. Anywhere.
>
> The piano has been refinished, so no name on the fall board. Nothing cast
into the plate. No serial number. 
>
> I'm thinking a stencil piano.
>
> The only oddity is that the action shifts to the left.
>
> Any ideas who made grands that the action shifts to the left?
>
> BTW, the beast was 145 cents flat.
>
>
>
> Paul E. Dempsey, RPT
> Piano Technician Sr.
> Marshall University
> Huntington, WV
> 304-696-5418
> 304-617-1149
>