[pianotech] My first Winter Spinet--are they all like this?

[Ryan Sowers]

...AND try to lift up one side of the piano! You'll feel like a muscle man!

Ryan

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 9:51 PM, Delwin D Fandrich <del at fandrichpiano.com>wrote:

> No, “Alumitone” is what you get when the frame (plate) is cast of aluminum
> rather than gray iron. Next time you visit the piano try a magnet on the
> frame.
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> ddf
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> Delwin D Fandrich
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> Piano Design & Fabrication
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> 620 South Tower Avenue
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> Centralia, Washington 98531 USA
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> del at fandrichpiano.com
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> ddfandrich at gmail.com
> Phone  360.736.7563
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> *From:* pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Floyd Gadd
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 23, 2010 9:38 PM
> *To:* pianotech at ptg.org
> *Subject:* [pianotech] My first Winter Spinet--are they all like this?
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> Oh yes, the piano.  1949 Winter spinet.  May have been tuned since it left
> the store back then, but I'm not sure.  Pins were tight, as if they had
> never been moved.  Hardly any wear on the hammers.  No a bad specimen for a
> spinet.  What was that on the plate--"Alumitone?"  Is that what you get with
> aluminum colored paint over cast iron?  And a nicely designed case in pretty
> good shape.
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-- 
Ryan Sowers, RPT
Puget Sound Chapter
Olympia, WA
www.pianova.net
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