Here is a fantastic example. There is a sound hole in the bottom as well. Original finish. Piano came thru a worm hole from a different dimension. I mean from a mansion in Fresno Dale S. Erwin www.Erwinspiano.com Custom restoration Ronsen Piano hammers Join the Weickert felt Revolution 209-577-8397 209-985-0990 -----Original Message----- From: Mckeever, James I <mckeever at uwp.edu> To: caut at ptg.org <caut at ptg.org> Cc: llwallace at fuse.net <llwallace at fuse.net>; dean at FamilyPianoCo.com <dean at FamilyPianoCo.com>; Alice Alviani <alice at FamilyPianoCo.com> Sent: Sat, Feb 26, 2011 8:35 am Subject: Re: [CAUT] Upright tone openings Dale, thanks for the excellent idea. When I visited UW-Madisonabout 25 years ago, they were still maintaining a number of almost ceiling-highuprights. Don’t remember what they were. So why no tone openings? So they are softer for practice? Ifstudents putting objects through the openings is a problem, put a grill behind eachopening. Why build a very high-end upright then not allow the sound to get out?! Lifting the top just isn’t enough! Jim McKeever From:caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of DaleErwin Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2011 9:42 AM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] Upright tone openings Hi Jim I'm a big fan of 1890 to 1910 uprights. The glory days ofpost Victorian uprights. So many had three piece panels with cut outs in thefront backed with a nice linnen cloth. SO much sound could exit forward. I havea gorgeous Hardman upright given to me by Carl Meyer In San Jose be fore hedied. He said I know you'll fix it someday. And some day I will. Why not find a nice chip and dale pattern and trace it on the Rippenbottom panel and top music desk area,.... Get a jig saw and go to town. Dale S. Erwin www.Erwinspiano.com Jim 209-577-8397 209-985-0990 -----Original Message----- From: Mckeever, James I <mckeever at uwp.edu> To: caut at ptg.org <caut at ptg.org> Sent: Fri, Feb 25, 2011 2:20 pm Subject: [CAUT] Upright tone openings Why aren’t there “tone openings” in most uprights? Irecall a very old spinet which had cloth-covered openings at the sides of themusic stand. What about the lower panel? Sound can get out ofgrands, but not uprights unless you raise the lid. When I practice on myfine Rippen “Concerto” model, I often remove the bottom panel. Of course,the tone is then fabulous. Comments, please! Jim McKeever -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20110226/8de15a71/attachment-0001.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 146733 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20110226/8de15a71/attachment-0004.jpeg> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: weber 3.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 161240 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20110226/8de15a71/attachment-0005.jpeg> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: ornate 1880s Weber.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 748110 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20110226/8de15a71/attachment-0001.jpg> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: weber 5.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 161090 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20110226/8de15a71/attachment-0006.jpeg> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Weber 1.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 146733 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20110226/8de15a71/attachment-0007.jpeg>
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