Pierce Piano Atlas & Broadwood

Michael Gamble michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk
Sun, 1 Feb 2004 18:37:35 -0000


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Hello List - and Tom Sivak
In this country the Broadwood is very much a common sight. I even had on =
myself - a Cottage of 1871 or so, No.857.
To untangle and use Pierce it is necessary first to pencil in a few =
horizontal lines between the entries. Looking at the "types" of piano =
which are listed you will notice there is continual repetition. On the =
right side of the page there are dates:=20
viz:=20
1870
to
1876
The left column for this period reads:
Cottage Grangs
Semi & Short D.R. Grands (Drawing Room)
Grands
Cottages (these are uprights - a peculiar beastie with vertical =
stringing, over damper action and an "inclined plane let-off" The bridle =
is a loop of tape with a felt collar to tighten it round the odd-shaped =
bridle wire. The jack spring is not the helical variety, but more like =
those butt-springs on US uprights which make adjustment of the damper =
wire such a pain.)
There are so many variations to the Broadwood piano - both Upright and =
Grand that it would take a whole book to discuss them. There is a book =
called : Broadwood by Appointment - a History by David Wainwright. =
Quiller Press, London  ISBN 0  907621  10  4
It makes good reading too!
Just thought you'd like to know
Regards from a wet and miserably black Sussex Downland Village
Michael G (UK)
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