Ivories/work on a Hazelton grand

[Kevin E. Ramsey]

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Julie, my atlas shows that piano to have been made in early 1930.

As for the ivories, no, it's probably better to have plastic keys than a =
whole lot of bare wood if you don't have spare ivory heads to replace =
them with. Unless you're very comfortable replacing key tops, you could =
always send them out to be done by some of the people who specialise in =
it.  There are ads in the Journal. You'll probably want to have the =
bushings done at the same time.

Hope that helps, I'm sure others will chime in hear too.

Kevin.

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  Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 8:29 AM
  Subject: Ivories/work on a Hazelton grand


  Greetings,
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         As a rookie tuner, I cannot spring for a Pierce Piano Atlas =
just yet.  A church has a 7' Hazelton grand. The serial is #26446. Would =
someone look up what year was this made? I saw on the internet that some =
of these Hazeltons are resorable and sought after, since they were a =
pretty good quality piano.

         The action & pedals' box needs about 30 hours of shop work to =
get the action into a playable condition. Soundboard is half toasted,  =
(not the best resonance) but when you play it, its decent.  I told them =
usually, only Steinways have soundboard replaced and it would not be =
worth it. So without having the board replaced, they'd  possibly prefer =
to fix it to playable at this time. Then I saw on the internet that some =
of these Hazeltons are restored.

          Also, the keytops are ivories and 19 of the head pieces are =
missing.  I am thinking of totally replacing the keytops with plastic. =
Would this be a sacrelige? What does one do with the old ivories? Pack =
up the tusk and give it to them for future possible restoration, or sell =
to reclaim and give them credit? How does this work? The furniture on =
this piece is pretty banged up. Suggestions on what to do?

  Thanx,
  Julie Gottschall
  Reading, PA 
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