Hi Brian, It sounds like the action on a JC Fischer grand that I rebuilt recently, the piano was from 1922, according to Pierce. If you want to see some photos of the action, you can look at my hotmail photo album under antique pianos, the address is http://communities.msn.com/HofstetterPianos If you have any ideas about rebuilding, beware! The parts are _much_ narrower than modern ones, I spent weeks grinding the new ones down to fit into the action frame. Diane >From: Brian Lawson <lawsonic@global.co.za> >Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org >To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> >Subject: Bechstein date >Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 22:54:24 +0200 > >Hi, I was at customer today, he had a Bechstein grand, about 5'6'', the >number on it per pierce dates it at 1912, yet the design of it seemed >far older. It was with a sloping pinblock, 3 part case rim (rather than >continuous curve) and action was of a very simple design, a jack hitting >directly onto a knotch on the hammer butt. Any ideas on an approximate >date/era? > >Brian Lawson, RPT >Johannesburg, South Africa > Diane Hofstetter 245-M Mount Hermon Rd. Scotts Valley, CA 95066 ph 831-438-6222 fax 831-430-9741 dianepianotuner@hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
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