WOW! How purrrr-deee! Great pictures thanks. I did not realize what I was calling pressure bars in the tenor and bass are properly termed removable capo tastro bars - but sure, that makes sense. I would never had thought they could shine up that nicely! I'll bet that is really a very sharp looking piano. Yup, you have the exact same front terminations in the bass and tenor sections. Kinda giving me the bug....... So I guess the marketing police did get to Everett also - made 'em move the bridge back some. Was yours cantilevered? You mentioned that the case was only 55" inches wide (mine is the same). I seem to remember you telling me that you have a preference for a more trim look to a piano (we may have been talking about the Walter grands) - don't like 'em looking like a linebacker. That was one thing I remember noting when I first looked at this piano was that, yes, it was a small piano in that it was not long, but also that it was a small piano overall - almost miniature - like a 7/8 piano. Even the legs and lyre that are modestly ornate, are not as large as most pianos. It really is a trim, rather sexy, looking piano. Anyway, it's been fun talking little Everett grands! Maybe that project's number will just have to come up soon! Terry Farrell PS: And hence my confustion on spelling "agrafe". Just checked the Pianotek catalog and they spell it "agraffe". Wikipedia and everywhere else has the piano thing spelled with two f's. Webster dictionary does not have agraffe, but does have agrafe:: a hook-and-loop fastening; especially : an ornamental clasp used on armor or costumes Google "piano agrafe" and all I get is website with agraffes. What gives? My wife's an English teacher - I get beat if I misspell! On Nov 17, 2010, at 11:56 AM, Delwin D Fandrich wrote: > The bridge in your photo is about exactly where mine ended up. You > cheated. > > I toyed with cutting the bass loose, but didn’t. It works pretty > well without it. I was trying to keep things simple; I wanted every > done to be things the average rebuilder could do without fear and > trepidation. > > The front string termination is the same throughout. The bass and > tenor section have removable capo tastro bars, the treble capo > tastro is part of the casting. The termination angles and lengths > are pretty much the same through each section. Thankfully no attempt > was made to “tune” the string duplex segments—which helps to account > for its excellent sustain through the killer octave region. See the > attached photos. > > I measured the length of mine (with the lid removed) from the tail > to a vertical line dropped down in front of the keybed. No molding > on the upper part of the rim. Could have stretched the keybed, though. > > On a side note; agrafe is spelled with one “g” and one “f” and capo > tastro is spelled “capo tastro.” > > 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 Terry Farrell > Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 5:07 AM > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Little Everett Grands - was: Heller bass > strings > > Thanks for the post. Interesting work. Sounds like you were able to > get pretty far along with it without going with a transition bridge. > > Here's a couple shots of the bass bridge on my Everett. Pretty hard > to access the piano - my arm is stretched as far as it could go! I > suppose you could move the bass bridge forward a couple/few > millimeters, but not a whole lot. > > I really hadn't looked at this piano in many years. I just had a > thought about the bass bridge apron and had to look - it doesn't > have one! I hadn't realized that until just now. Did yours have an > apron? Was your bass bridge originally further back than mine in > these photos? > > With appropriate ribbing beneath, I should think cutting that rear > edge of the panel loose would open things up nicely? > > I just measured the length of my Everett. Again, hard to get back > there, but I measured 5' 3" without the lid - so with lid, 5' 3.5" > would be about spot on with yours. > > What type of forward speaking length string termination does your > little Everett have? > > I wonder if someone from Everett, between 1900 and 1917, heard other > salespersons from other piano manufacturers bragging about how their > 5' 3" grand pianos had longer bass string length and forward string > termination agraffes like the famous maker in NY (assuming yours has > agraffes). > > On a side note, I hate typing the word "agraffe" - I can never > remember - one or two "G's" and one or two "F's"? Anyone? > <IMG_1301x.JPG><IMG_1295x.JPG><IMG_1296x.JPG> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101117/c8c733fa/attachment-0001.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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