I just finished a 1931 M&H and used Encore hammers (made by Abel for Wally Brooks) and it came out beautiful. I used shanks and flanges from him too, but used the original whippens since they were in very good shape. I suggest you check into the bass strings made in Canada. (Ari Issac?) They've been talking about them on this list and I'm going to give 'em a try next time. They're a little more $, but we're told it's worth it. Nothing worse than funky sounding unisons in the bass! Does it have ivory? Mine was an model A with ivory I bleached, sanded and polished. Satin black. Such a beautiful instrument. Wish I had one. What model are you looking at? Lance Lafargue, RPT New Orleans Chapter Covington, LA. lafargue@iamerica.net ---------- > From: Danny Moore <danmoore@ih2000.net> > To: PianoTech <pianotech@ptg.org> > Subject: Mason & Hamlin > Date: Tuesday, September 09, 1997 12:39 AM > > List-folk: > May I open a can of worms here? I'm in the process of writing a bid on > a 1922 vintage Mason & Hamlin. The origianl wippens, hammers, shanks & > flanges have (in my opinion) made their last run. > > I'm inviting OPINIONS about the best parts to use for replacement. > There are very few M&H's down here in the swamp, so I've never purchased > action parts for one before. This instrument is in a performance hall > used by many of the local teachers. It won't see any Masters recitals, > but it will see the gamut from 1st year student to pretty serious > player. > > Thanks, > Danny Moore > Houston Chapter >
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