Heintzmann model info urgently requested, please!

[Jim]

I have a Transposing Heintzman !!!
I've only seen 1 other one in 25 years of tuning . . .
Do any of you, or your customers have any ??

Jim Kinnear
Collingwood, Ca



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Ross" <jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 9:08 PM
Subject: Re: Heintzmann model info urgently requested, please!


> They used some actions of their own, and also WN&G.
> I have seen a transposing upright piano that they made, some also had 
> sustenuto.
> I saw the transposing one 30 years ago, and have no idea where it is now. 
> This was before digital cameras, so no pics.
> John M. Ross
> Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
> jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp at yahoo.com>
> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 8:19 PM
> Subject: Re: Heintzmann model info urgently requested, please!
>
>
>> Thanks John! It was on its side, and the treble
>> strings were very rusty ( I suspect that the fire
>> retardants used to put out house fires cause rust,
>> much worse than straight water ) so we really couldn't
>> hear it. But the bass note we got to play "thundered",
>> and I'm going to guess, tonally, that its supposed to
>> sound somewhere between a Mason and a Steinway. What
>> think ye?
>>    Thump
>>
>> P.S. WN&G action? Or some "oddball" action of their
>> own, that parts are not available for ?????
>> Thanks again!
>>     G
>>
>> --- John Ross <jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> Spell checkers, agrhh. I meant "write up".
>>> John M. Ross
>>> Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
>>> jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "John Ross" <jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca>
>>> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
>>> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 7:16 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Heintzmann model info urgently
>>> requested, please!
>>>
>>>
>>> > Heintzman & Co, was the name of the best one.
>>> > The capo bar with the three holes, was called an
>>> Agraffe Bridge, and does
>>> > indicate the 'good' one.
>>> > Go to your local library, and see if they can
>>> borrow, Downright Upright by
>>> > Wayne Kelly. It is a history of the Canadian Piano
>>> Industry, and it has a
>>> > good right up on the Heintzman & Co. pianos.
>>> > John M. Ross
>>> > Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
>>> > jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
>>> > ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> > From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp at yahoo.com>
>>> > To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
>>> > Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 2:42 PM
>>> > Subject: Heintzmann model info urgently requested,
>>> please!
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >> Found a 6'2" Heintzmann that had been near a
>>> fire.
>>> >> Only minor water damage evident ( rusty strings )
>>> >> otherwise, solid. $2,500.  Has tiny holes in very
>>> >> massive capo  bar to laterally position strings (
>>> like
>>> >> agraffes ) before they go under the plate bearing
>>> >> surface in the upper ocatves. Lower half has
>>> agraffes.
>>> >> Very wide tail.
>>> >>     I suspect this is a gorgeous instrument,
>>> begging
>>> >> to rebuilt, but have heard that there are several
>>> >> "Heintzmanns", i.e.,  "Heintzmann and Sons",
>>> >> "Heintzmann Brothers" , etc.. As the piano was
>>> >> recently refinished, it just says "Heintzmann" (
>>> cheap
>>> >> label ) on the key cover, and I was too stupid (
>>> at
>>> >> the time ) to read all the plate script. And now
>>> I'm
>>> >> 60 miles away.
>>> >> Questions: Does the massive capo with the holes
>>> in it
>>> >> indicate it is one of the "good" ones?  Which of
>>> the
>>> >> various Heintzmann namebrands is the best? By how
>>> >> much? What does the number "190" on the action
>>> front
>>> >> rail mean, if anything.
>>> >>     If you have answers to these questions, or
>>> can
>>> >> offer any other info on the Heintzmann brands, I
>>> >> woiuld be very grateful to hear it.
>>> >>     Thank you!
>>> >>     Gordon
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
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