Of Fish & Belly Rails

Prof. Euphonious Thump lclgcnp at yahoo.com
Fri Feb 8 21:37:31 MST 2008


Well, I know of one in Georgia you can probably have
for a  few hundred. ( ex-Ampico )
 Thump

P.S. Yes, they're nifty little pianos, and  lot of fun
to play !




--- Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

> It's been a while since I've worked on a Chickering
> Quarter Grand. Neat little pianos. I love this
> treble area - If one were to redesign rim in the
> tradition of Fandrich/Nossaman/etc., I suspect there
> would be no call for a treble fish on this piano! I
> like it!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> And check out how Jonas & Co. built in an excellent
> treble belly rail brace with the rim. It's a sawn
> rim (softwood it looks like) and this picture is of
> what is directly underneath the area in the picture
> above. A very well built piano. I'd love to do a
> complete re-do on one of these.
> 
> 
> 
> Terry Farrell
> Farrell Piano
> 
> www.farrellpiano.com
> terry at farrellpiano.com



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