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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>IMHO, this type of job should ALWAYS be =
undertaken
with profit in mind!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Why should this piano/project be any =
different from
others?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am just finishing a full =
restoration on a 1893
Knabe 57" upright. Why the tuning instability? This model =
Knabe is
VERY suseptible to temp and humidity change. Only because
of personal reasons did I take on this job. In other words =
it's a
freebe for the steaming historic Liberty museum ship, the S.S. John W. =
Brown. Both ship and piano built in Baltimore. The 3/4 =
plate
flange is tightly wedged beneath the pin block, and is =
wraped under
the piano bottom and screwed there. I think this plate and S.B. =
configuration
does not allow for much movement due to climatic change. I
discovered this piano in a wharehouse on a Baltimore dock next to the
ship. It had been there since WW II covered with what pidgens =
do.
The tuning was still near 435 and the pins were tight. However =
the SB was
split pulling the ribs loose. One should note that this era =
Knabe used
#1 by only 2" tuning pins, take care what size you re-install. =
We have
replaced the sound board and the bass pin block. The bridges =
were
fine. We had to remove the bass side of the case to get the =
extremely
tight fitting plate out of the piano.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The action has a double stack with =
rocker
capstans and is very hard to find action parts. After stringing =
and kept
in proper climate conditions the tuning is very stable at A440 with a =
booming
tone some grands would like to have. I've had the piano in my =
shop for
about 4 years, working between the pay jobs. IMO this type of =
job should
never be undertaken with profit in mind. Maybe before I =
check out,
this old veteran ship of WW II will get a nice piano for her =
crew and
passangers as she visits ports along the Atlantic coast. =
Visit it
at <A href="http://www.liberty-ship.com">www.liberty-ship.com</A>.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carlos Ralon,
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