Rebuilding old uprights

[Farrell]

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What does rebuilding mean - bridle straps and hammer shaping?

Terry Farrell

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From: "Hechler Family" <dahechler@charter.net>
To: "pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 9:28 AM
Subject: Rebuilding old uprights


> I watched the past threads on this subject with great interest since=20
> most of my business, however very slow right now, deals with uprights =
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> old and new.
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> Anyway, I recently purchased an old Story & Clark player piano - 1917 =
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> that I'm rebuilding for myself. Last night  I went over the piano =
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> and, to my amazement, it was in incredible shape - not one broken part =

> and the dampers are still good. Of course, the bridle straps need=20
> replacing and the hammers need shaping but thats it.
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> This one must have been well taken care of.
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> So, I guess my point is that there are still old uprights, however few =

> and far between, that are worth saving and rebuilding.
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> TTFN         (Ta Ta For Now)
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> Duaine Hechler
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