<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4522.1801" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>okay everybody on my piano technicians = emailing list...here's one...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>a B. Shoninger upright = #6215   (suffice it to say it is an early one, pierce is unclear).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>not in great shape..given to the client = as they were leaving winnipeg posted to cfb comox (west coast canada).... no = bridge cracks but missing treble hammers, cracked soundboard, lots of missing = strings and bass strings spliced by reef knots (yo ho ho and a barrel of piano hammers,...this will be fun).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>however,  the top octave and a = half have something interesting....a sostenuto like device operating off the = middle pedal that kicks in an alternate set of wood hammers which strike a series of = bells built in under the keybed to the far right.   the bells are = like teacup saucers stacked largest to the left on the horizontal.  this = is obviously not a retro-fit.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>a few of the wood mallets/hammers are broken...client has no money of course (they live where i do) but want = to put it into playing shape.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>ANYBODY run into one of these before, = have any ideas or thoughts?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>thanks</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>james lithgow</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>