Jim,
My first rebuild was a lot like that. It wasn't a Brambach, but was almost as
good. It was sold to a real dive up in the Lake Arrowhead area (So.
California). Two weeks after it was delivered the most wonderful thing
happened: The place burned to the ground, taking the piano with it.
Yes, it was arson.
No, it wasn't me.
Regards,
Del
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Jim Coleman, Sr. wrote:
> 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)
> >
> > {{ :--> )
> >
> >
> >
> > "What it means to be the best depends entirely on how good the others are."
> > -- Ashleigh Brilliant
> >
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