Actually, I was referring to Nick's piano project. The picture I provided was of a late 40's Wurly Spinet that a lady wanted "refurbished" - i.e. catch up on neglected maintenance and to make it look like new. So I had it refinished, polished up the brass, put new speaker cloth in the knee-board, and did the usual to the workings - filed hammers, regulated, key bushings, ran the keys over the buffer, etc., etc. - that's all. I think Nick's project is something worth doing. He is dealing with one of my fundamental turning points. I will always recommend to piano owners a cost-beneficial way to go about getting the piano they want - whether it is refurbishing, rebuilding, remanufacturing/redesigning - or simply replacing the darn thing - very often IMHO, replacement is the way to go. Nick's piano falls into that category of: "this was my gandma's piano and it is the only piano that will ever be in my living room - AND I want a new piano that sounds and plays well." When that happens, redesign & remanufacture is the way to go - regardless of what you have to start with. Could be interesting........ Terry Farrell On Jan 30, 2011, at 3:19 PM, Ryan Sowers wrote: > Gorgeous! OMG, I think I could also get inspired by a project such > as this! > > On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 8:15 AM, Terry Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com > > wrote: > I can absolutely guarantee you that there are more than two crazies > in this bunch. Time and $$ are the only things standing between > myself and a project like this! > > So cool....... :-) > > > > Terry Farrell > > PS: I wish that I had a quality digital camera when I had this piano > in my shop - this low-res photo does little to show the full > gleaming beauty this little spinet is..... > > On Jan 29, 2011, at 4:05 PM, Delwin D Fandrich wrote: > >> Oh, please! This sounds like the kind of wacko thing I would do >> just to see what the result might be. In the process I’d probably >> move the bridges around, give it a new scale, put in a couple of >> soundboard cutoff bars and – well, you get the idea. I really >> didn’t think there would be two of us…. >> >> ddf >> >> Delwin D Fandrich >> Piano Design & Fabrication >> 620 South Tower Avenue >> Centralia, Washington 98531 USA >> del at fandrichpiano.com >> ddfandrich at gmail.com >> Phone 360.736.7563 >> > > > > -- > Ryan Sowers, RPT > Puget Sound Chapter > Olympia, WA > www.pianova.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20110130/3289b5ec/attachment-0001.htm>
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