Recycled Upright

[David Ilvedson]

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I think this is excellent use of resources that very well would=
 hit the dump...way to go Dale...

David I.






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Subject: Recycled Upright


    The boys & I picked up another free 1890s bush& gerts upright=
 the other day. As I posted some time back I occasionally find a=
 cache of maple in these old beauties worth many hundreds of=
 dollars which I use for bridge caps & pinblocks etc. But this=
 one was solid maple. Yes every piece except oddly the back posts=
 which were oak. Dennis & Jacob  tore the it down to the =
 skeleton in an hour  & half. The back is sitting out front with=
 a free sign on it.
  The sides popped off with a crow bar & that was that. This was=
 a true treasure trove of tight grained maple. Street value , if=
 you could find it probably 3 to 400 dollars. my minimum wage=
 help cost me about 60 bucks in labor. It ws a bargain.  Not all=
 is suitable for bridge capping but it is for many other uses
   The really tight grain makes the prettiest tenor/treble bridge=
 caps I've ever seen. The smaller  narrow pieces I glue up to=
 make pieces wide enough for the treble caps .I reverse the =
 grain orientation  which allows to notch with the grain no=
 matter which side I'm  starting on. The glue joints are=
 virtually invisible, if that matters & it's pretty in shellac.=
 The tighter, denser  totally, quartered wood makes for a treble=
 cap with excellent impedance properties.
  It was fun
  Dale Erwin 
 
Erwins Pianos Restorations 
4721 Parker Rd.
Modesto, Ca 95357
209-577-8397
Rebuilt Steinway , Mason &Hamlin Sales
www.Erwinspiano.com


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