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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=sarah@gendernet.org =
href="mailto:sarah@gendernet.org">Sarah Fox</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 07, 2003 =
2:24
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Unusual rib =
structure?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Hi Terry,<BR><BR>> I blew the name also (WS&G)! Wendel =
Nickel
& Goss (I think!) is the<BR>correct name. I assumed when you said =
the
action was replaced, you mean it<BR>was rebuilt in some fashion. Do =
you mean
that you think the whole stack,<BR>action rail supports and keyframe =
(and
keys) were replaced? I think with the<BR>WN&G action, you will =
usually see
the name stamped somewhere on the action<BR>rails - maybe even hidden
somewhere on the letoff rail.<BR><BR>The logo is somewhat =
illegible. I
was told it was a "Nickels" action, and I<BR>could make out that word, =
so
that's what I assumed it was. Now that you've<BR>filled in a =
couple of
blanks for me..<BR><BR>Wessell Nickel(s?) & G(r?)oss<BR>Wessell =
Nickel(s?)
& C(r?)oss<BR><BR>(New York)<BR><BR>As for the =
"replacement"... The
key frame, keys, action rail supports, and<BR>action rails all appear =
to be
original. The wippens, hammers, shanks, and<BR>flanges seem to =
be new in
1971 (the date the tech scribbled on the A0<BR>wippen). The wood =
just
looks too recent to be from 1933, and the overall<BR>condition of the =
action
would otherwise look too good for a piano with this<BR>amount of wear =
on the
ivories. Of course I could be wrong. The previous<BR>owner =
and I
both assumed it was the original action, but when we pulled =
the<BR>action for
shipment, we both scratched our heads for a while and concluded<BR>it =
looked
too new for
=
that.<BR><BR>Peace,<BR>Sarah<BR><BR><BR>_________________________________=
______________<BR>pianotech
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<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> It's Wessell, Nickel, & Gross. All =
three
were action makers for Steinway, but formed their own company. =
See
"Pianos and Their Makers" by Alfred Dolge, pages 90, 96, 379. =
Originally
published 1911. Dover edition published 1972. ISBN
0-486-22856-8 An excellent book. </DIV>
<DIV> --David Nereson,
RPT<BR><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>