[pianotech] Help - Can you name this piano?

[Mike Spalding]

Sounded pretty good for a modest 5' 2 or 3.  The strength of the piano 
is the WN&G action, with some new parts including Ronsen Wurzen 
hammers.  Even touch from end to end, and voiceable hammers, go a long 
way towards making a satisfying instrument.

Mike

On 11/14/2011 3:55 PM, Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft wrote:
> Mike,
>
> How did it sound when you finished? It looks like a decent piano. Did 
> it meet your expectations?
>
> Al -
> High Point, NC
>
>
>
> On Nov 14, 2011, at 11:46 AM, Mike Spalding wrote:
>
>> Al,
>>
>> You're right, that photo was taken right after I finished stringing, 
>> before re-installation of the dampers.  I checked my photos of the 
>> completed project (finished it about 5 years ago) and found that the 
>> dampers fill the treble section completely, from strut to strut, but 
>> there are none in the high treble.  There was also a name penciled on 
>> the inside of the keyslip, but it turned out to be the name of the 
>> owner, from when she had it refinished some 35 years ago.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> On 11/14/2011 8:45 AM, Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft wrote:
>>> Mike, as I'm looking again, It looks lie you haven't installed the 
>>> dampers yet and probably the same as you're piano.
>>>
>>> Al -
>>> High Point, NC
>>>
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>>> On Nov 14, 2011, at 9:16 AM, Mike Spalding wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Al,
>>>>
>>>> As near as I can tell, your piano is identical to this one.  Serial 
>>>> number 66544 is stamped on soundboard at the bass, WN&G action 
>>>> shifts to the left, no name anywhere on the piano.  This one had 6 
>>>> wound trichords in the low tenor, which I converted to bichords.
>>>>
>>>> Family legend is that grandma had it custom manufactured by John 
>>>> Smith in Indiana.  The story is backed up by receipts for the 
>>>> installment payments.  Wish I could tell you more.
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>>
>>>> On 11/14/2011 7:48 AM, Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft wrote:
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd like to get a name on this piano. There are serial numbers are 
>>>>> in two places, (#94710) one on the plate (between the tenor and 
>>>>> last treble) on one stamped on the soundboard (bass above the 
>>>>> damper guide rail). There is a #2 cast in the plate nose, but no 
>>>>> name on the plate. It's has a Wessel, Nickel & Gross action, the 
>>>>> nose of the case is squared and the piano shifts (una corda) to 
>>>>> the left. Bass & tenor has agraffes.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> <Stringing 006.jpg>
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