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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear List-</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Has anyone on the =
list had
experience rebuilding big M & H's of 1970's vintage.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> A piano teacher has =
a 1974 B in
need of serious rebuilding or replacement. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> The action will need =
redesigning
(there is nothing left of the old M & H action design) , it needs a =
new
pinblock and probably wapin bridge pinning. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> The front bearing is =
ridiculously steep. Hell to tune and ugly, too. I'm wondering if I =
can
grind away some of the plate or bearing bars to reduce it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> The agraffes stop at =
G#3.
I don't think this was the original B plate design, was it?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Despite what amounts =
to a rape
of a once wonderful design, there is still something magic in the sound =
of this
instrument.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> If I do every good =
thing we can
do for a piano, will it be a stable, dependable instrument, or will the =
problems
start just to the other side of where I stop?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I'd appreciate any =
words of
wisdom and experience.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> =
Ed
Sutton</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>