Mike, Thanks for all your help and input on this piano. I decided to restring, scrape, shim and varnish the soundboard. Turning out to be a very nice piano. Buy the way, I thought you would like to know, as my wife was touching up all the piano parts, she discovered the name of the piano written under the fallboard rail. It is a Hallet Davis. I check out the Hallet Davis serial numbers and it matches up with the date that I found on one of the keys. I've ordered a decal, so I can give it back it's name. Al - High Point, NC On Nov 14, 2011, at 6:12 PM, Mike Spalding wrote: Sounded pretty good for a modest 5' 2 or 3. The strength of the piano is the WN&G action, with some new parts including Ronsen Wurzen hammers. Even touch from end to end, and voiceable hammers, go a long way towards making a satisfying instrument. Mike On 11/14/2011 3:55 PM, Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft wrote: > Mike, > > How did it sound when you finished? It looks like a decent piano. Did it meet your expectations? > > Al - > High Point, NC > > > > On Nov 14, 2011, at 11:46 AM, Mike Spalding wrote: > >> Al, >> >> You're right, that photo was taken right after I finished stringing, before re-installation of the dampers. I checked my photos of the completed project (finished it about 5 years ago) and found that the dampers fill the treble section completely, from strut to strut, but there are none in the high treble. There was also a name penciled on the inside of the keyslip, but it turned out to be the name of the owner, from when she had it refinished some 35 years ago. >> >> Mike >> >> On 11/14/2011 8:45 AM, Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft wrote: >>> Mike, as I'm looking again, It looks lie you haven't installed the dampers yet and probably the same as you're piano. >>> >>> Al - >>> High Point, NC >>> >>> >>> >>> On Nov 14, 2011, at 9:16 AM, Mike Spalding wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Al, >>>> >>>> As near as I can tell, your piano is identical to this one. Serial number 66544 is stamped on soundboard at the bass, WN&G action shifts to the left, no name anywhere on the piano. This one had 6 wound trichords in the low tenor, which I converted to bichords. >>>> >>>> Family legend is that grandma had it custom manufactured by John Smith in Indiana. The story is backed up by receipts for the installment payments. Wish I could tell you more. >>>> >>>> Mike >>>> >>>> On 11/14/2011 7:48 AM, Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft wrote: >>>>> Hi All, >>>>> >>>>> I'd like to get a name on this piano. There are serial numbers are in two places, (#94710) one on the plate (between the tenor and last treble) on one stamped on the soundboard (bass above the damper guide rail). There is a #2 cast in the plate nose, but no name on the plate. It's has a Wessel, Nickel & Gross action, the nose of the case is squared and the piano shifts (una corda) to the left. Bass & tenor has agraffes. >>>>> >>>> >>>> <Stringing 006.jpg> >>> >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120405/54b34acf/attachment.htm>
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