[pianotech] Weird Pease Grand

[Isaac Sadigursky]

Hi,Terry ! I have identical twin piano in Sherman Oaks, weird  
touch...... They love it,Granda bought it during the Depression and it  
was always in the family....  isaac
On Aug 30, 2009, at 4:05 PM, pianolover 88 wrote:

> Yeah it's cast iron not wood. So what is the purpose of these three  
> metal "inserts"? Since I sublet the stringing out to someone else- 
> he's the best, and many techs I know use his stringing services-I  
> guess I will have to alert him to these inserts to make sure that he  
> puts them in proper place before re-stringing! Just not sure why  
> they even exist, and why there are "spaces" there to begin with.  
> Does it make removal of the plate easier?
>
> Here's pics of the action and whipps.
>
> Terry Peterson
> Accurate Piano Service
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> "Over 50, and not "2" Tired!"
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> From: irs.pianos at earthlink.net
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:55:12 -0700
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Weird Pease Grand
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> Terry !   How is the Whiipen on that piano?? .I service 2 Pease's in  
> my cieints homes and whippens  have very un-ususal design,some  
> additional spring lever around repetition lever....  One of them is  
> ready for new pinblock,tuning pins are flagpooling.beutiful,well  
> preserved  walnut  case,ornate music desk.... If new Pin block job  
> will happen-I will be on  the alert for those wedges.. isaac
> On Aug 30, 2009, at 2:40 PM, pianolover 88 wrote:
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> I had taken some pics for before & after reference, and this is the  
> best pic I found that shows the area where those little "wedges"  
> fit. Two of three "spaces" are visible in this pic.
>
> Terry Peterson
> Accurate Piano Service
> UniGeezer.com
> "Over 50, and not "2" Tired!"
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> > Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:38:41 -0500
> > From: mike.spalding1 at verizon.net
> > To: pianotech at ptg.org
> > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Weird Pease Grand
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> > Between needs two objects. the underside of the plate is one, what's
> > the other??
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> > Mike
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> > pianolover 88 wrote:
> > > This time I looked closed and noticed that each of the three total
> > > pieces had fallen out of a spaces between the underside of the  
> plate!
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