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<DIV><FONT color=#800000 face=Garamond><SPAN =
class=097402501-19032003>Do you
mean, the 7 foot model BB?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800000 face=Garamond><SPAN
class=097402501-19032003>Alan</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>____________________________________________<BR>Alan =
McCoy,
RPT<BR>Eastern Washington
University<BR>509-359-7017<BR>amccoy@mail.ewu.edu<BR></FONT></P>
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<DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr><FONT =
face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> =
caut-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Ed =
Sutton<BR><B>Sent:</B>
Tuesday, March 18, 2003 5:10 PM<BR><B>To:</B> College and University
Technicians<BR><B>Subject:</B> 1974 M & H B<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
<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></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>