In defense of Brambachs

[gordon stelter]

Brambachs were the "Model T" of the piano world. No
frills, but functonal. And much better than the
spinets of later years !!!!! 
   Last year I found a well-preserved example for
$200, which the Historical Society bought. I worked on
it for a day and then played a 6 hour gig. Many
costlier pianos would have torn me up in 6 hours, but
this thing  was smooth and a joy to play throughout
the "Tour of Homes".  Then they gave it to me.
    Brambachs allowed people of modest means to have a
 grand. When new I suspect they were more fun to play
than many mid-price uprights are, today!
     Thump

c Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

> Re: [Files] WHere's Waldo (was Big hammers)
> (Modified byHmmmmm, sounds like the bridge fits in
> right well with the rest of the piano!
> 
> Terry Farrell
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: jason kanter 
>   To: Pianotech 
>   Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 4:21 PM
>   Subject: Re: WHere's Waldo
> 
> 
>   Sorry, 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. 
> 
>   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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