Brambach grands

[Jim Coleman, Sr.]

Hi Susan:

I agree with your sentiments. My second rebuild job was on a Brambach. My,
I was proud of that job. I refinished the case in open pore mahogany. I
used spray can bronze (actually not too shabby), I tried to reglue the
pinblock laminations, I even used pinblock restorer afterwards, I glued the
new damper felts in the piano (that sure avoided a lot of damper fitting),
I replaced any keybushings which were showing heavy wear, I even replaced
all of the felt punchings (after-touch? what's that?), I adjusted the 
jacks way back under those pear shaped knuckles so they would never 
slip, I rubbed lots of graphite on the repetition levers and knuckles and
wippen block felt. Does any of this bad stuff ring a bell with any of you?

Eight years later the piano was junked. That was just 8 years too late. but
what did I know? Then? I had only been tuning for about 8 years, but of 
course, I was a slow learner, and still am.

Jim Coleman, Sr.

On Fri, 21 Aug 1998, Susan Kline wrote:

> ....but what do I know? I'm not qualified to work on
> >Brambachs:-O
> >Jim Bryant (FL)
> >
> 
> There, there. Not just anybody can do good work on 
> Brambachs, you know. It takes a green but very 
> well-meaning, well-trained, and methodical beginner.
> No one else has both the knowledge and the patience. 
> This is no doubt why we see so much bad work done on 
> Brambachs. (IMHO)
> 
> {{ :--> )
> 
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