List, Does anyone know anything specific about the Hardman grands? It seems to be a fairly well-made piano, 5'2" or so. It has agraffes through the bass and middle sections, although they don't line up with the strings. They sort of correspond to the curve in the plate right in front of them, turned a little to the left. It has 3 support beams underneath the soundboard, running parallel (at an angle) to the length of the piano and a substantial looking plate. There's even a soundboard decal and a music lyre which looks like it was cast into the plate. The serial # is 94636, so according to Pierce, that's early 1931. Is that before the name was sold to Aeolian? There is one difference I've never seen before. The action shifts to the left instead of the right. Any particular reason for this? I wasn't even aware the school had this piano until a couple of weeks ago because it was in a faculty members' home. He moved and no longer had room for it, so here it is. :-) I'll probably restring and recondition, with new hammers and shanks and put it in a practice room. Strings are pretty dead and hammers are also pretty bad. Originally a fairly 'fat' looking hammer. Cold-pressed? What might be a comparable current hammer for it in weight and sound? Just looking mostly for general info if anyone has it. Possibly someone has rebuilt one of these? Any information appreciated. Thanks. Avery mailto:atodd@uh.edu Avery Todd, RPT Moores School of Music University of Houston Houston, TX 77204-4201
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