Immobile Knabe action, late 20's

[Michael Spalding]

Thump,

And the problem with Knabe pot metal action brackets from this era is .. ?

An inquiring mind, who recently bought a 20's Ampico Knabe for rebuilding,
needs to know.

thanks

Mike


> [Original Message]
> From: gordon stelter <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Date: 8/29/2004 3:41:54 PM
> Subject: Immobile Knabe action, late 20's
>
> 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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