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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes, but by then they were calling it =
B....to save
on ink, I guess, or maybe half the stamp broke off and they couldn't =
afford a
new one, and it was too much labor cost to stamp it twice. It's =
the 7
footer.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=amccoy@mail.ewu.edu =
href="mailto:amccoy@mail.ewu.edu">Alan McCoy</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org
href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">College and University Technicians</A> =
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 18, 2003 =
8:26
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: 1974 M & H =
B</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Garamond color=#800000><SPAN =
class=097402501-19032003>Do you
mean, the 7 foot model BB?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Garamond color=#800000><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><A
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href="mailto:amccoy@mail.ewu.edu">amccoy@mail.ewu.edu</A><BR></FONT></P=
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT =
face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org">caut-bounces@ptg.org</A>
[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></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>