Restoring old uprights

[Farrell]

I service a 1920 50-inch-tall Bush & Lane Upright Grand. It is an upright
that truely has a reason to be called an upright grand. The top two treble
sections have true capo bars as a top speaking length termination (quite a
devil to get mutes in though!). Swinging the 18,000 lb. rascal out from the
wall will reveal a laminated bent inner rim that the soundboard is glued
to - curved and all just like a grand. Quite an instrument. I wish they
wanted to rebuild it right.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Airy" <stephen_airy@yahoo.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 5:16 PM
Subject: Re: Restoring old uprights


> I've never seen a Bush & Lane -- what are they like?
>
> also I would get started but I have no money to do it
> with (and no job).
>
> Also, my sister has a 52 1/2" 1921 Hallet & Davis that
> I'd like to put new strings & hammers in sometime --
> what do you think of that make?
>
> --- Delwin D Fandrich <pianobuilders@olynet.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Stephen Airy" <stephen_airy@yahoo.com>
> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > Sent: August 12, 2001 8:31 AM
> > Subject: Re: Restoring old uprights
> >
> >
> > > Question -- what do you guys think of restoring
> > Ricca
> > > & Son pianos?  I have one and i was wondering if
> > you
> > > guys know if it was a good brand, or a junkie or
> > what
> > > was it?  My piano needs some action work and new
> > > strings & tuning pins.  I think the pinblock is
> > fine
> > > -- has 2/0 pins and the pins are fairy uniformly
> > > slightly loose -- probably would use 4/0.  I don't
> > > know if the soundboard is cracked or not and the
> > bass
> > > bridge is somewhat cracked.
> > -----------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > At this point you would do well to actually acquire
> > some hands on
> > experience. It would begin to add some validity to
> > your words. You've been
> > talking about it for some time now, so start with
> > what you have at hand and
> > get on with it. (Besides, I'd be real upset if you
> > chose to start out on a
> > Bush & Lane....)
> >
> > Del
> >
>
>
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