This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Anyone ever hear of or see a Straube Duplex Overstrung Scale from 1930? = Duplex overstrung as in plain wire angling off to the left as in most = grands, but then tenor wound strings (tri-, bi-, and monocord) = more-or-less perpendicular to the belly rail strung over the plain = wires, and wound bass strings (all monocords) strung angling off to the = right, like most modern grand pianos, over the tenor section. So the = strings are arranged on three planes. Bizarre. Didn't measure the piano, = but would be surprised if it were more than 4' 6" long. Sounded like a = fairly crappy old worn-out spinet. Something different though (at least for me). Owner wants me to = refurbish the action, so I'll be going back to it in about a month if = anyone is curious enough to want pictures (and yes, at two different = times - once before removing the action and once after inspecting the = action - I recommended to her to not spend a nickel on the piano and to = replace it - the average $600 1983 Kimball console would be a dream come = true compared to this Straube microgrand). Terry Farrell ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/d1/c5/ef/b9/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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