[pianotech] Brambach to rebuild?

[Dale Erwin]

 I'll find one and donate it to you.  :)  You pay for moving of course.
     Dale


 

If this conversation continues I might have to track the thing down and buy it myself. (And look for an apprentice at the same time….)
 
ddf
 
Delwin D Fandrich
Piano Design & Fabrication
620 South Tower Avenue
Centralia, Washington 98531 USA
del at fandrichpiano.com
ddfandrich at gmail.com
Phone  360.736.7563
 
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Dale Erwin
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2010 10:10 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Brambach to rebuild?
 
Well.... we had two in our small area. One would be a fluke and two is a red flag for future consideration.  That's how I see it.
    Beside there are many other candidates far more worthy of this hypothetical scenario being considered. You Know? 

 

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Ryan Sowers <tunerryan at gmail.com>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Sun, Nov 14, 2010 5:12 pm
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Brambach to rebuild?

I do not remember that Brambach's were known for plate failure. That would certainly make one hesitate before taking a project on. Perhaps it would be an argument for lowering the overall tension on the piano. I wonder if the plate problems were a result of a design issue or a casting issue? Or both? How many of these have you actually come across in your years of rebuilding? Is it enough to make a broad generalization? We sometimes have to be careful about extrapolating from a limited sample: There were many hundreds of thousands of these pianos produced.  

 

 

 

On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Dale Erwin <erwinspiano at aol.com> wrote:
 

Yeah, I take the point but but my point is that with out the plate... its a pile of firewood with a piano shaped boat anchor attached. Yes one needs a nose to work on or a piano ;)

 

Dale S. Erwin



 



 

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