WHere's Waldo

[jason kanter]

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Re: [Files] WHere's Waldo (was Big hammers) (Modified bySorry, it is in =
fact the bass end of the long bridge.

It's a 4'9" grand manufactured in 1924. Supposedly wasn't tuned for 20 =
years, though it seems to have had a new set of hammers since then - =
hard for me to imagine a tech replacing the hammers but not tuning the =
piano. Action was seriously stiff - not even one swing per hammer. I =
treated this with center pin lubricant and freed them up to become =
playable. Old style wippens as recently described here on another =
Brambach. Six of the letoff buttons have their eye screws broken off. =
It's a family heirloom that only visiting guests play.=20

My assessment was to do absolutely minimal work to get it to sound and =
feel somewhat like a piano. They're happy. But that bridge bothers me.
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  To: Pianotech=20
  Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 12:42 PM
  Subject: Re: WHere's Waldo


  If this is a low end older piano, I agree - leave it alone and monitor =
(for increased cracking and tuning stability) - it may stay that way for =
decades. However, this IS a very odd looking low end of a bass bridge! =
Can I assume this is the bass end of the long bridge?

  What kind of piano is this? Age? Overall condition? And who's Waldo, =
let alone where?

  Terry Farrell

    At 10:48 AM -0700 9/2/04, jason kanter wrote:
      Here's the low end of the bass bridge, out of focus but you can =
see how
      badly cracked it is. Should this be fixed, or band-aided, or left =
alone? The
      piano IS tunable.


    Jason,


    You say it is tunable. The pic shows there is adequate side-bearing.


    Recommendation: Leave it alone.


    Keith McGavern
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