This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Thanks for the info Bill. You mention Blasius. As in Blasius & Sons? I = have a Blasius & Sons upright that I will be rebuilding. Do you know = anything about this company? Like what quality level their pianos were? Terry Farrell =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Maxpiano@AOL.COM=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 11:36 PM Subject: Re: WN&G Action Terry, WN&G stands for Wessell, Nickel & Gross. Early Mason & Hamlin pianos = had Wessell, Nickel & Gross actions. Ivers & Pond and Stieff always had = them. Manufacturers such as Lauter and Blasius who put other actions in = some of their pianos used WN&G for their top of the line. The great = depression did not deal kindly with them. The name was taken over by = Starr I understand and eventually appeared on some Aeolian products = (ugh!). In a message dated 1/3/02 9:53:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, = mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes: I have a 5' 4" 1903 Everett grand for a project piano. It has an = action with WN&G stamped on the action bracket. I have heard of a well-respected = action manufacturer with a name similar to this. Is this the well-known, well-respected action manufacturer I am thinking of? Bill Maxim Maxim Piano Service 212 Newpark Place Columbia, SC 29212-8666 (803) 732-9225, FAX (803) 732-2641 wmaxim@aol.com=20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/76/94/06/4b/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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