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<font size=2 color="#000080">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.<br><br>
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).<br><br>
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.
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What kind of issues should I look for to avoid or work with?<br><br>
Is it worth countersinking and installing glides?<br><br>
Sincerely,<br>
Andrew Anderson, Artisan Piano</font></body>
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