concrete rim

[Tom Myler]

> From: DMCKECH <DMCKECH@ithaca.edu>
> To: PIANOTECH@byu.edu
> Subject: concrete rim
> Date: Thursday, January 23, 1997 6:21 AM
>
> Hello List,
>
> In keeping with the thread of odd materials used in piano construction,
has
> anyone ever seen a grand piano that had a concrete rim? I ran into one
back
> in the seventies but unfortunately any record I had on this is missing.
The
> piano was located in a home near Reading, PA.
>
> I remember noticing a strange rim separation during the inspection.
Further
> investigation revealed that the rim was not made of wood. I spoke to an
old
> timer in the area and he replied yes, that company made concrete rims.
> Anybody out there know what company this was?
>
> Don McKechnie
> Ithaca College
> dmckech@ithaca.edu


It must have been a Stoneway.


Myler, Tom

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