Hi Greg I chose to leave it in the home and haul half the shop there instead. I honestly can't figure out how to move it in a conventional manner & I didn't have the sky hook along that day....grin DALE I’ll just bet that was a real bear to move. Congrats on your time in the sun! Feels all warm and cozy don’t it? Greg Newell Greg's Piano Forté Listerers Every now & then we all have the opportunity to work a very special piano. I guess it was my turn. I recently worked on an 1878 Weber Upright. It is stunning & I thought I'd post a few pics. This piano lived in a Victorian mansion in Fresno, Ca until about 20 years ago. It was strung and sold at that time. It's original finish is remarkable. It's Ivory's slightly yellowed but thick & flawless. I chose to install Ronsen Bacon felt hammers for the acoustic invironment & what I thought it needed to optimize it tonally. Trix refelted the dampers,keybushings,damper levers and butt felts. Basically tone improvement, noise reduction & playability issues. The hammers were simple shaped with the top 25 hammers tapered for weight. The tonal result was stunning. Power ,clarity without noise. Sometimes one gets lucky. I did no further voicing. The original tonal assessments sounded pretty iffy with the old hammers as it has a relatively old school sound board design. so I wasn't sure it would turn20out well. It was such a rewarding job as the clients are friends I've known for over 30 years. Oddly when I went to reassemble it all in there house it was there 25 th wedding anniversary. Nov. 28. I left the piano apart over the next day, which was thanksgiving. When I returned they said. We saw a date on the Action ( WNG) & it said Nov 28. 1878. SO cool. Cosmic coincidence. The tone was perfect. No further voicing was needed. It hardly ever happens that way. A Happy trail Dale Erwin Listen to 350+ music, sports, & news radio stations – including songs for the holidays – FREE while you browse. Start Listening Now! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20081208/35771e9b/attachment.html>
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