A couple years back I bought an Everett concert grand sight unseen and sent it to SAMA for repairs and refinishing to be recommended by my late mentor Guy Nichols. I eventually got the piano into our studio before Christmas of 2006. The serial number on the piano would suggest a manufacture date circa 1900. The action is stamped with 1942 which I presume is when the action was updated to include sostenuto (looks kind of jury rigged) and probably the latest WNG whipps. I had the action re-felted with new centers and it works fairly well. The new Ronson Wurzen triple A hammers on Tokiwa shanks and flanges have played in nicely with no doping. If the piano was onstage in a larger venue I might want a little more bite in the bass and high treble but it sounds great where it is. The Arledge scale and bass strings sound great. (In fact we have a cotton mattress against the wall and under the piano to tame it a little). My wife is beginning to enjoy it (among the four other fine grands we have in the studio) and wants the action fine-regulated. The action frame was something of a weather yo-yo until I put on a full DC system and an Edwards cover. This seems to have tamed it enough that it can be worked with. The frame is flat on the bottom; no adjustment glides in the middle. no lip left for sanding on any rail. There is a little room and I am considering -gluing on 0.5" wide 1/16" veneer strips to give me something to sand and finally bed this keyframe. It looks like the endblocks are supposed to pinch the frame down a little. They don't really get that tight. What kind of issues should I look for to avoid or work with? Is it worth countersinking and installing glides? Sincerely, Andrew Anderson, Artisan Piano -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20070729/7526e87d/attachment.html
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