[pianotech] Julius Bauer finished

[Laura Olsen]

A 9'Bauer! How old was it?  It must have been a tank. Any idea how much it weighed?

Laura Olsen
Barrington, IL 
On Jul 3, 2011, at 7:54 PM, Delwin D Fandrich wrote:

> For several years I owned a 9’ Bauer grand. It looked just like an elongated version of Dale’s piano. This was the heaviest piano I’ve ever seen. I often pondered what the looks on the foundryman’s face must have been like when the Bauer folks showed up with that plate design.
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> ddf
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> Delwin D Fandrich
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> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Laura Olsen
> Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2011 5:40 PM
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> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Julius Bauer finished
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> Hi Dale,
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> I had one of these I took care of for about 15 years.  Huge plate.  Ribs on both sides of the soundboard, right?  Mine was serial number 35073.  Was that close to yours?
> I had a Bauer upright of the same vintage (and heft to the plate).  Who cast those plates?  They were real knuckle busters. (the uprights). There was a picture on a Journal of the Chicago Opera House, pre 1871 and a W.W. Kimball store and J. Bauer store flanked the main entrance.  I think it's in Jack Greenfield's book The History of Midwestern Piano Manufacturing that J. Bauer was established in Chicago in 1857.  A chief competitor of Kimball in those days.  It was bought by Wurlitzer in 1930 and the name dropped by 1940.  What do you think of that soundboard configuration?  I'll have to check the archives for your trials and tribulations during the rebuilding process.  It looks fabulous. Congratulations.
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> Laura Olsen
> Barrington, IL
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> On Jun 30, 2011, at 10:10 PM, Dale Erwin wrote:
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>   Ok,.... How bout some really fun piano news. Today it finally got done.
>   Many will recall my endeavor over the last few years to restore a 5ft 6  inch Julius Bauer grand circa 1924.
>   Well,... my original assessment about its unique construction, and possible tonal glory, has now been vindicated.
>  It sound fantastic! I have it the same room with my Hot rod B. They are interestingly in similar tonal pockets/universes.
>   Clear floating sustaining sound. A very respectable legitimate sounding bottom end and a decent bass/tenor break. A full bodied and balanced sound. Tenor trebles are clear and singing.
>   Tone powered by Ronsen Weickert. Of course!
>   A little filing over the tops and pound in some tunings and it sound gorgeous. Playing real music on this overweight beast is a real listening pleasure. Affectioanly named ller when the boys moved it 4 years ago. There is so much weight in the palte that it fell over and tried to squash Dennis in the trailer. It hit the side and not him.
> More pictures
> <Julius -1.jpg>
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> Web site at WWW. Erwinspiano.com under pianos for sle
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> Dale S. Erwin
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