[pianotech] Unknown Old Upright Mfr

[paul bruesch]

Three for three say Kimball... I guess it's a Kimball!  That'd make it 1899
mfr.

@Patrick, nope, no pinblock... it pulled up just fine from 150¢ flat (with
only two broken strings in high treble.) I do realize that the coils are
about as close to the pinblock as possible, but gee, is it worth it? I think
not.

I'm shaping hammers, replacing hammer flanges, butt springs, and bridle
tapes. (Someone already replaced the bridle tapes once... some are corks,
most are clips, and most are pretty short.) Also some incidental felt to
quiet jack return slap. A little body work, too, to repair the front
hold-ons.

Thanks all...
Paul Bruesch
Stillwater, MN


On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Conrad Hoffsommer
<choffsommer at hotmail.com>wrote:

>  Kimball?  w/o the foil covering.
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> Conrad Hoffsommer
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> Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 10:25:37 -0500
> From: paul at bruesch.net
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
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> Subject: [pianotech] Unknown Old Upright Mfr
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> I serviced an old upright yesterday that was stripped/refinished (outside
> surfaces only) that no longer has a manufacturer name located anywhere on it
> (that I could locate, anyhow.)  It's definitely an early 20th century model.
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> I'm sure I have seen this "style" of serial number before, but I don't
> typically photograph the serNo, so I have nothing to compare it to.  I do
> have a guess as to mfr, but if anyone can help out, it'd be appreciated.
>
> Attached are photos of the serial number and the F1 hammer butt/flange
> (I'll be replacing flanges and doing other necessary work soon). Butt/flange
> photo provided in case the plate screwed into the butt is any help.
>
> Thanks much,
> Paul Bruesch
> Stillwater, MN
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