This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Del, Sounds like you have your finger on the pulse,like I said I haven't = heard or seen that much of the Stuart pianos,I was only going off the = web site and bits that I had heard.Regarding his new bridge setup I have = heard that there is no down bearing are you able to shed some light in = this area? sincerely, Stuart Balsillie Piano Technician Woodend, Victoria AUSTRALIA piano@iaa.com.au ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Delwin D Fandrich=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 1:58 AM Subject: Re: Stuart and Sons Upright I asked about the upright when I was in Sydney last July and was told = they had not yet produced one. I could be wrong. =20 That is not exactly an agraffe on the bridge, but a string termination = device. It looks exactly like a device I was working on while at = Baldwin in the late '80s. I had some prototype pieces made and tried = them out on a prototype but, unfortunately, the project was dropped due = to lack of corporate interest. I was pleased to see this device on the = Stuart piano and to observe that it was working quite well. =20 =20 Del ----- Original Message -----=20 From: ASB=20 To: pianotech=20 Sent: November 28, 2000 10:37 PM Subject: Stuart and Sons Upright Stephen, =20 Here is the web site for the Australian made Stuart and Sons = pianos.That is about as much info I have.They do make uprights 130cm I = believe,I haven't seen any of their pianos nor heard that much about = them,other than the fact that they have a range from F -21Hz to F really = high Hz and they use agraffes on the bridge instead of normal pins with = no bearing(?) Hope this helps. http://www.newcastle.edu.au/department/fmu/stuart1.html Stuart Balsillie Piano Technician Woodend, Victoria AUSTRALIA piano@iaa.com.au ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/6c/1e/29/84/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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