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Steinway Style 2 (Modified by Kent Swafford)

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Sun, 29 Feb 2004 15:58:17 -0500


I just tried and they work here. Go to the information page of my web 
site. Find the Photos and Illustrations. It is at the end of the list.

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Richard Brekne wrote:
> Hi John... for some reason the links didnt work... I get a server not 
> found error. Could you just send them to me via epost ?
> 
> Cheers
> RicB
> 
> John Hartman wrote:
> 
>> Richard, Kent,
>>
>> Here are the two I have that were scanned from the slides. The first 
>> one shows the block in the final stages of construction. I made it as 
>> a copy with all quarter sawn maple. As seen here I have not yet cut 
>> and veneered the cove in the front. It looks like I have just finished 
>> trimming the rosewood veneer on the top of the yoke. The second photo 
>> shows the finished product. This was a 7' 2" 1864. The larger 8' 4" 
>> ones don't seem to rotate as much. Indeed the wrest plank, with its 
>> yoke, is truly massive but still, after 100+ years, it twists in the 
>> middle.  The best way to observe this is to place sticks on top of the 
>> yoke and see how much it has winded. The ends stay parallel with the 
>> rest of the case but the middle will dip significantly down.
>>
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>>
>> Richard Brekne wrote:
>>
>>>> I have some photos of a pin block replacement I did on ones of these 
>>>> quite a few years a go. If any one is interest I will place the few 
>>>> photos I have in digital form on my web site. I have a more complete 
>>>> set of these I have shown at some of my classes.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'd love to see these !
>>>
>>> Thanks John
>>>
>>> RicB
>>>
>>>>
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