[pianotech] Brambach Action - was Odd wippen

[William Monroe]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In other words, yes, possibly, but I would strongly discourage anyone from
putting that kind of money in this piano.  Even with a totally new action,
it still wouldn't come close to what that money would get you new.  Bad
investment, IMO.  Unless it were an exception and the owner wanted to invest
for sentimental reasons - which it's not.

William R. Monroe





On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 5:11 PM, William Truitt <surfdog at metrocast.net>wrote:

>  I was thinking Brambach too.   I regulated one about a dozen or so years
> ago.  Could this be a candidate for the WNG composite modular whippens if
> need be?
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> Will Truitt
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> *From:* pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Joseph Garrett
> *Sent:* Monday, January 25, 2010 5:57 PM
> *To:* pianotech
> *Subject:* [pianotech] Brambach Action - was Odd wippen
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> William said: "
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> Don't really know. The action came out of a piano in an attempt to
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> "make it work" again. A previous technician enjoyed "re-whatevering"
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> the thing to death. The person managed to install a new pinblock
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> without coving the front edge, so the fallboard can't open/close.
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> Well, OK, it can, but you have to unscrew the cheek blocks and remove
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> the fallboard to perform said action. I managed to remove enough
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> material to get THAT working again. And yes, it appears the previous
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> person really had fun hanging new hammers. Maybe he did it in situ.
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> That would explain the glue globs on top of all the key end felts.
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> There were no names/serial numbers anywhere on the piano that I could
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> find. Nothing on the plate, soundboard, fallboard, action, etc.
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> Here's a couple other photos of the action, too.
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> Any other regulatory suggestions welcomed. Thanks for the help so far...."
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> William,
>
> Definately a Brambach! (It may have had a different name on the name board,
> but was made by Brambach). Bolster the "knuckles" with key bushing cloth, as
> the leather needs to be taunt and slightly rounded. Align the jacks as I
> previously mentioned. The rest is pretty much standard regulation practices.
> Approx. 3/8" dip was on the original action. However, with the basic "can of
> worms" you are dealing with, ....lotsaluck....whatever works will suffice.
> These actions can be quite nice when they are set up correctly. As I said,
> I own one. A 5'1" POS/PSO, that has it's own Anvil Case.<G> I have rented it
> out for lots of Community type Concerts In The Park thingees. Most pianists
> were pleasantly surprised at my little PSO.<G> It's painted White, since the
> original case/furniture was pretty trashed by the R&R Band that toted it all
> over the country.<G> (Long Story)
>
> Still has it's original plain wire scale and "painted gold soundboard".<G>
> Bass strings were replaced, but didn't help much as the backscale is real
> short. Good luck on the repairs, it is possible to make it a viable
> piano.<G>
>
> Regards,
>
> Joe
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> Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon)
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> Captain, Tool Police
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> Squares R I
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