<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re: seating strings</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE type=text/css>BLOCKQUOTE { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } DL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } UL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } OL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } LI { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=fordpiano@earthlink.net = href="mailto:fordpiano@earthlink.net">Phillip Ford</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk href="mailto:michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk">Michael Gamble</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 18, 2005 = 4:56 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: seating = strings</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial size=-1>Hello = Phillip</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial = size=-1>Thanks for your e-mail. I restrung an old Feurich upright some 30 years ago. It = didn't have agraffes on the bridge though. Unlike those Collen Broadwoods which do.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial size=-1>Regards</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial = size=-1>Michael G.(UK)</FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>The Feurich I'm talking about is a grand.  And it doesn't = have agraffes on the bridge, just on the plate.  I'll try to find that = picture.  By the way, what's the difference between a Broadwood = and a Collen Broadwood?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Phil Ford</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Phillip and List.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I thought I'd include the List, = knowing 'their' voracious appetite for piano history.....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Reginald Collen was a director of = Broadwood in the 1920s. It was he who devised a method of manufacturing pianos by a = pre-fabrication process. The case and action would be manufactured = separately and then secured together. It was clearly derived from Collen's = experience in simplifying piano-making for the benefit of the women workers during = the "Great War" (1914-1918) while the men-folk were out there fighting. = The process was registered as the Collen-Broadwood Patent, No.267195 in = March 1927. I culled this information from a very interesting book I have on = John Broadwood entitled "Broadwood By Appointment" a History by David = Wainwright, published by Quiller Press, London ISBN 0 907621 10 4. It is in = hardback and its 360 pages are simply full of name-dropping and problems which = beset the firm from its earliest experimental beginnings in the early 1700s to = the 1980s. By the way, the "by Appointment" is, of course, to the British = Royal Family anecdotes of which feature large throughout the book. = Includes many photos.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G.(UK)</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>