<HTML>In a message = dated 5/9/04 12:23:34 PM Pacific Daylight Time, jcgrassi@earthlink.net write= s: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-= LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Dave. I took care of one of these for years.  There were only a few made.=  At one time there was a fellow trying to find all of them in the coun= try and it turned out the majority were here on the West Coast.  Padere= wski used them when he was feuding with Steinway and often the program would= even mention the use of the Weber.   The one I took care of was also not in good shape.  It needed to be= rebuild to realize it's beauty.  The quad unisons were a pain in the n= eck because there were many false beats.  Also, there was a whole secti= on of wire that kept breaking; obviously metal fatigue.....As I said, it nee= ded to be rebuilt.   It had rocker capstans, which in themselves are not necessarily a proble= m, but the key sticks were in bad shape.  Most of the screws for the ca= pstans had seized up and made adjustments very difficult....As I said, it ne= eded to be rebuilt. The sound was massive, in spite of all the problems.  I'd love to s= ee one in good shape. Hope this helps, jeannie Jeannie Grassi, RPT Associate Editor, Piano Technicians Journal <A HREF="mailto:jcgrassi@earthlink.net">mailto:jcgrassi@earthlink.net<= /A> </BLOCKQUOTE> Thanks, Jeannie.  It seems that there are one or two at large, wait= ing to be unearthed.   Sometimes I wish pianos could talk...we'd hear some great stories(man, I= hate that Paderewski guy, he smokes nasty cigars...:-) It's really a shame that the original Weber co. went away.  They ma= de some interesting, beautiful instruments. Dave S.</HTML>