Yes, that's true, Stephane. BTW the name is Collard and Collard. That's the piano which has saddle-mounted jacks where the glue is weakened over the years and the jack springs push them off into the action. Strange they should sound so "boingey" (like that word? I just made it up) maybe they had the wrong scaling or old iron strings....! Regards Michael G.(UK) -----Original Message----- From: Stéphane Collin [mailto:collin.s@skynet.be] Sent: 05 October 2005 18:54 To: Pianotech Subject: Re: Odd dimensions of sharps. Hi Michael. I remember running across some Collar & Collar uprights with the same round-fronted sharps. Also, they all sounded, at 440 pitch, as if they had way not enough tension in their strings. Best regards. Stéphane Collin. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Gamble" <michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk> To: "'gordon stelter'" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>; "'Pianotech'" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 8:40 PM Subject: RE: Odd dimensions of sharps. > Hello List and Gordon S > This terrible olde John Ward of London piano (you know, the one I think > should burn well) has strange sharps. The sides taper normally up to the > playing surface and top tapers gradually to the fall end... BUT they have > Round Fronts!!! And the naturals between which they go have round-fronted > slots. > Regards from a dark Sussex-on-Sea > Michael G.(UK) > > -----Original Message----- > From: gordon stelter [mailto:lclgcnp@yahoo.com] > Sent: 05 October 2005 15:44 > To: Pianotech > Subject: Odd dimensions of sharps. > > They're just shaped a little differently than the > replacements I was thinking of using, which wouldn't > fit. But once I got the crap-ola off them, were in > pretty good shape. > Speaking of which: I know pianists who dislike > the "FAT" sharps on old Masons and Conovers, but I > believe these are dimensionally standard at the base, > but just don't taper toward the top. So they could be > rep[laced with "normal" ones. Unless someone knows > differently ? > Thump > > > --- Conrad Hoffsommer <hoffsoco@luther.edu> wrote: > >> At 07:55 AM 10/5/2005 -0700, you wrote: >> >What does none standard sharps mean? Unless they >> resemble a dark bump, >> >I'd square them up, steel wool and several coats of >> Watco Black. >> > >> >David I. >> >> >> >> I don't know what, specifically, the Thumpster was >> referring to (narrower >> maybe??), but one VERY non standard sharp would be >> the Mehlin "Patent >> Grand" one which the back third gently curves down >> to about 1/8" ... >> >> >> >> >> > >Like Terry, I love the look of plain ebony. But >> this >> > >old Chickering I'm fixing has non-standard >> sharps, >> > >that I don't want to be dissolved by the goo on >> > >careless humans' hands. So I intend to paint >> them. >> > > Brands come and brands go. Does anyone have >> > >definitive recommendadtions regarding a current >> brand >> > >of spray paint to use ? Gloss or satin? Rubbed >> with >> > >steel wool ? Other application advice? >> > > I want these to look ( ahem ) "sharp"! >> > > Thanks! >> > > Thump >> >> >> Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician >> Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa >> 52101-1045 >> 1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076 >> >> - Right now, I'm hoping to live until my age matches >> my golf score, >> - Until then, I'll have to be content to have my IQ >> match my handicap. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pianotech list info: >> https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >
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