Immobile Knabe action, late 20's

[gordon stelter]

It is also POSSIBLE that this piano has pot-metal
brackets, being an AMPICO product from that era. Not
ALL AMPICO products had these, but some did. Could
also account for immobile action. Beware.
Thump

P.S. I bought the last set of replacement brackets
from American before they folded. 
Now taking bids.



--- Mark Davidson <mark.davidson@mindspring.com>
wrote:

> Hubert liverman writes:
> 
> >I am not an ivory expert either! However I have 
> >had some experience cleaning cracked ivory key 
> >tops. I found that most 'blackness' was due to 
> >household cooking /finger grease. A 'caveat', we 
> >do not know the the thickness of the ivory, the 
> >narrownes of the cracks. Are they splinter, or 
> >wide enough to use a solution to clean said 
> >cracks? We also do not know the quality of the
> >piano in question. Please help.
> 
> All original 5'2" Knabe from the late '20s.  Appears
> to be suffering more from lack of use than anything
> else (no wear on pedals, hammers, keys, but 
> unplayable due to most keys being - well -
> immobile).
> Some mildew inside leads me to think some serious
> humidity exposure somewhere along the way.
> 
> I guess you would consider the cracks narrow, still
> possibly a lot of the blackness would clean up.
> 
> -Mark
> 
> 
> 
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