Mysterious but Very Nice

[Mike Kurta]

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    Hi Al:
    A clue here might be the square headed screws.  I remember seeing =
these on Canadian pianos.  Maybe this will bring you one step closer.
    Mike Kurta
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  From: Alan R. Barnard=20
  To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
  Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 5:59 PM
  Subject: Mysterious but Very Nice


  Background:

  Tuned a small upright (large console?) today for a new customer. What =
a sweet little piano! The unisons just fell into place and there is no =
cheap-piano whininess even in the longest plain-wires. Someone obviously =
installed new hammers and did other work to the piano in recent =
years.Very nice Walnut veneer and finish.

   I'm going to put on new keytops and that is really all this piano =
needs, except maybe for new wound strings.

  Can't tell you the make, there was no name on the plate, no tag on the =
back, and if there was a fallboard decal, it must have been removed when =
it was refinished.

  Question:

  Does this piano sound familiar to anyone???

  Clues:

  The plate has no bolts or regular slot/Philips screws. It has screws =
of abut the usual size, each with a  square hole in the center, about =
3/16" on each side.

  It has two pedals only.

  It has a mechanism to angle out the music desk when the fallboard is =
folded up (another clue) but rather than just a metal rod doing the =
pushing, there is a very nice (looks like oak) wooden bar across the =
whole face of the action--about halfway between the hammers and the =
backchecks in its vertical position. The whole bar pushes out and firmly =
holds the music desk. Very nice.

  Lid is full-size, not the old half-fold upright type.

  If I had to guess, with my limited exposure to pianos, I'd guess this =
is a 50's piano--partly because it reminds me of the Janssen players of =
that era--NOT NOT NOT in quality, but in it's general size and shape. =
But I really don't know. It was never a player, by the way.  Not at all =
ornate, just nice wood. In height, about like a Hamilton studio. General =
shapes are squared, nothing rounded except a slight sculpting of the =
legs (which sit on nice sturdy toe blocks) not quite a "spade foot" look =
but kinda like.

  The serial number is 26358

   THE CUSTOMER BOUGHT IT A YEAR AGO IN  VIRGINIA -- $200.

  Anyone?

  Alan Barnard
  Mystified in Salem, MO

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