---------------------- multipart/related attachment --------------Boundary-00=_JT28BHK0000000000000 >>Definitely a better mousetrap, but I'm sure in the end it proved far to= o=0D >>costly to fabricate. Anybody else ever seen one of these? =0D >>I was also surpised by the lack of false beats in the high treble(thoug= h,=0D >>as usual, the bass was torture). =0D =0D >Dave Stahl =0D =0D >I've seen several over the years, and you are right! As spinets go they=0D >tend to be in pretty good shape and quite easy to work on! =0D =0D By serendipity I tuned a similar spinet yesterday... a Canadian made (by Lesage) Bell piano that according to the serial number was built in 1939.= It had newish Abel hammers installed on it and had been refinished, but otherwise was pretty-much original. The wippens appeared to be standard, with the rockers having a cushion that lifted the front of the wip. Some = of these cushions were worn enough to knock. The wippens also still had thei= r standard cushions on them, which makes me suspect they were modified for = the spinet. =0D =0D It was actually quite nice and in amazingly good condition and tuned reasonably well, though the new bass hammers were a little wide and =0D it could have used a better bass bridge as tuning that was a real challen= ge as Dave mentioned. =0D =0D Nicely-grained walnut case, some detail on the kick panel and it even sounded pretty good. They spent some time on this one. =0D =0D Too bad I didn't have my camera with me. When I go back to do the rocker cushions and key bushings (also original) I'll take some pics.=0D =0D John --------------Boundary-00=_JT28BHK0000000000000 An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/c5/d0/5f/53/attachment.htm --------------Boundary-00=_JT28BHK0000000000000-- ---------------------- multipart/related attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/gif Size: 669 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/31/d0/fd/46/attachment.gif ---------------------- multipart/related attachment--
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