An odd soundboard

Delwin D Fandrich pianobuilders@olynet.com
Sun, 20 Sep 1998 21:22:52 -0700



dale r fox wrote:

> You forgot one thing.   That [the Bauer] had to be the heaviest production 9'
> grand
> ever built.  With those bridges built the way they were,  the plate
> struts were at a minimum 5" tall.   There was a whole foundry full of
> cast iron in every piano.   When I put those all your pianos on skids
> before the Baldwin van came to pick them up to move them to Arkansas,  we
> saved the Bauer for last.  No one would have helped me any more if we'd
> done it first.

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Yes, it was heavy.  Very heavy.  In fact, you should have seen the things
underneath it when the truck arrived.  It had come loose...

Del



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