Hi Guy: It sounds like a Steck grand. Jim Coleman, Sr. On Sat, 20 Dec 1997, Guy, Karen, and Tor Nichols wrote: > List, > > Looking for a name, and other opinions, on a miniature grand. All identity > is obliterated from prior refinishing and/or water damage. > > Here's the basic stuff: > > 4' 5" from front of keybed to tail of rim. Lid overhang might be all of > 1/2" if the lid was attached. > > Plate surface coat is HIGHLY textured, in a crinkly kinda way, like some > of the old....Winters? Hallet-Davis? I know I've seen that texture before. > Plate ALSO goes all the way around the rim, no open area west of the bass > wires. Small sound-ports, and not more than 3/4" from bottom of plate to > the board in the area around the ports. No aggraffes. Four section. Pretty > heavy looking plate, all things considered. > > Six skinny little legs, in three pairs. No ex-player, though. Music desk > and rest assembly doesn't slide.... actually can pivot up from the front, > on two little 'L' brackets mounted at the rear corners. Wrest plank is as > tall as the fallboard, and holds the pivots for the fall. Has to be > unscrewed from the plate in order to remove the assembly, before pulling > cheek blocks, etc. > > Action appears to be a regular compressed action, with a slightly odd rep > lever. (short of the rest rail) Regulation would be kinda ......tough. > > Ring any bells??????????? > > The customer is considering enhancement or replacement. It needs hammers, > dampers, re-whatever of the keytops (non-regulatable prior replacement), > bass wires (at least), minor bridge repairs, various cabinet repairs (lid > and legs and lyre), and there are anxious buzzes from lots of sources. > Almost at pitch. Otherwise it's terrific! :^)> > > Thanks in advance for any input. The customer may drop by Sunday > afternoon, and would be thrilled if we came up with a name. > > Guy Nichols, Member, PTG > > >
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