Terry and all, You have a Julius Bauer. He ribbed his boards on both sides with significantly thinner ribs than would be used if only on one side. I think the net result was still more total rib thickness than normal. It has been a while since I have rebuilt one of these things so my memory is getting a little sketchy. I don't remember there being any significant crown problems, though one had a lot of cracks....not fun. There are no supporting wood struts, everything is held by the plate ie. Astin Weight. They called it a floating plate. I can usually move a S&S B harp around without any problems, but the plate in the 6' Bauer was a totally different matter all together. The flange along the rim can go for 6 inches if I remember correctly. Bauer was something of an experimenter connected with a Wurlitzer plant in Chicago (I think) before he went off on his own. These are not bad pianos perse, but I remember the actions be very problematic... significant leverage issues. But that was when I knew a whole lot less about such matters than now. On 8/25/07, Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > > Just for fun. I was perusing through some old pictures on my computer and > ran across these. > > I suspect some/many folks have never seen a piano from this manufacturer. > Anyone care to guess who is the manufacturer? Dale Erwin is not allowed to > guess ('cause I know you know)! > > Quite a plate! And regarding the other thing - it is not an optical > illusion! > > > > Terry Farrell > Farrell Piano > > www.farrellpiano.com > terry at farrellpiano.com > -- Andrew Remillard ANRPiano.com 5008 Fairview Ave Downers Grove, IL 60515 630-852-5058 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070825/7e959941/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image0002.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 70712 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070825/7e959941/attachment-0002.jpg -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image0001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 72130 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070825/7e959941/attachment-0003.jpg
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