Replacing upright panels with speaker cloth.

[gordon stelter]

Hi Terry,
    Talkin 'bout yo' Mason ??? Doesn't it have a nice
panel held in by wooden swivel clips that you can
remove, allowing for the presence of a  fretwork panel
down there ( up top, too ) for child/drunk free
environments??? Mine did. As a mostly
acoustically-friendly alternative to cheesy looking,
modern speaker grill cloth, I sometimes put Jacquard
loom material in these spaces, which comes from my
local Hancock Fabric store in a  variety of reeally
neat, authentic picture weaves from the 19th century
that match the case style of the piano in question.
For example, for my Egyptian Revival ebonized Knabe, I
envision placing a scene of camels marching past the
pyramids of Giza that I saw there  recently. But I'd
better buy is now, as these are limited production
runs which are only dragged out of the vault
periodically.
     This is also great when the original fretwork is
damaged beyond repair, of missing entirely.
     Thump

--- Erwinspiano@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 1/24/2004 6:29:20 PM Pacific
> Standard Time, 
> mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes:
> "PS  I'd ask 15 K for you upright if it turns out
> well & the boards good. Is 
> this the one with cut outs?"
> 
> It'll get bigger cut offs and a new board (among
> other things). If I can only 
> get 15K for it, I'll be disappointed.
> 
> I routinely replace the bottom kneeboard with a
> rectangular frame and speaker 
> cloth. Opens an upright right up. IMHO, you really
> don't notice the lack of 
> varnish/lacquer down there - especially on an ebony
> piano with black speaker 
> cloth.
> 
> Terry Farrell
>  Terry
>   Yes it should be worth more especially with new
> belly. What did you have in 
> mind? 20K. Grill cloth great idea.
>   Dale
>   
> 


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