Well, of course, if you figured out the time you spent on the duplicating the decal, a "store bought" decal from Decals Unlimited might very well be a steal! Could be worth it for the experience though... David I. *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 6/20/01 at 9:36 PM Graeme Harvey wrote: >Hi David, > >>I'm currently estimating a job involving restringing and replacing the >>pinblock on a 100-year-old Schiedmayer Grand. I have not opened one of >>these up before and would like to know if anybody has experience with this >>piano to know if there is anything unusual about the fitting. > > >I did work to one of these last year. The plate had little clearance >especially near the prop stick area. >Otherwise no problem. I replaced plank in sections, ie routed out old plank >and epoxied inserts in. >The bass section is stepped slightly from the remainder, the plank (on the >model I worked on) was very well attached to the stretcher and checked into >the case at each side hence my decision to replace sections. I have photos >(non-digital) of the process. I fitted sections (must be firm fit) dry and >replaced plate to mark for drilling which was then done on the drill press >outside the piano. >For this method I don't drill right through at first so glue doesn't >squeeze >up into holes, epoxy into place and finish drilling by hand. > >Overall it turned out well. I also photographed the large decal and had a >friend refine on a computer then produced as a water transfer. It was fun >fitting such a large water transfer as they are super-fragile but after 4 >or >5 transfers I had it laid out well. (I had 15 or so run off knowing it >would >be tricky) I still have some left if they are of interest or I could get >the >image scanned and send it if you want to get one produced. Decals Unlimited >were going to charge way too much especially as our $ only buys US$0.42c. >We refinished the case, replaced the action stack (Renner) restrung etc. >Customer is very happy and is thinking of getting another old piano but >bigger for similar work to be done. > >Other than that I don't recall any out of the ordinary problems, except low >pinblock meaning action clearance was less than in most modern grands. > >Hope this helps. Email privately for any further info. > >Regards, > >Graeme Harvey >New Plymouth >New Zealand
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