Immobile Knabe action, late 20's

[gordon stelter]

The action brackets might, and are probably, NOT pot
metal in your Knabe Ampico! I used "AMPICO" in that
post for American Piano Company. Not for the player
system. So far I have seen these on JC Fischers only.
But by the late 20's there may have been some trading
of ideas among AMPICO's divisions. So, who knows?
 Pot metal is an evil agglomeration of stuff which is
molecularly unstable and prone to swelling, splitting,
warping, etc.. Should be apparent upon visual check.
    Takea  magnet to your brackets. If magnetic, NOT
pot metal!
   
     Thump


--- Michael Spalding <spalding48@earthlink.net> wrote:

> 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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