F. Kain & Sohn piano

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What kind of action does it have?  Late Viennese actions can often be much improved by sending the hammers to Abel for recovering.  It is not extremely expensive.
Ed Sutton

-----Original Message-----
>From: Michelle Smith <michelle at smithpianoservice.com>
>Sent: Feb 7, 2007 3:24 PM
>To: 'Pianotech List' <pianotech at ptg.org>
>Subject: F. Kain & Sohn piano
>
>Howdy from warm and sunny Texas!  I came across an interesting piano the
>other day.  It's a F. Kain & Sohn (84 keys) from Stuttgart.  The Piano Atlas
>numbers don't go back far enough for this one (# is 6279) but the owner
>thinks it's from late 1800s.  The case is in fantastic shape but the inside
>needs a lot of work.  She wanted it tuned, everyone else had refused, and I
>managed to at least get it in tune with itself (50 cents flat) without
>breaking any strings.  (sigh of relief!)
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>The owner loves to gather historical stuff but doesn't want to spend the
>money to fix up the innards.  
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>Any info you can share on this instrument?
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>
>Michelle Smith
>
>Bastrop, Texas
>