Geo. Steck upright

[Delwin D Fandrich]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Nereson" <davner@kaosol.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: November 06, 2003 2:29 AM
Subject: Re: Geo. Steck upright


>
>     . . . . just something a salesman told me once.

That figures.


> I had no reason to question it and nickel sounded reasonable.  Why
doesn't the iron turn rust-color?

They often did.


> The old uprights I've seen with the non-copper windings, and I think some
WW II - era consoles & spinets have windings that are sort of a
whitish-gray color, looking a bit like unpolished steel or even aluminum.

These were aluminum. Another good idea gone bad in the cold hard light of
reality.

Del