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face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3>This would be one of the original
Brambach pianos. Mark Campbell did not take over the company until 1912. Even
then the transformation from the original Brambach and the later, much more
mass-produced pianos did not take place immediately. This might be quite a nice
piano. Given that it is now some 94 years old and its original builders only
expected it to last something on the order of 20 to 25
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class=703570002-07052006>Del</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Joseph
Garrett<BR><B>Sent:</B> May 06, 2006 6:44 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Question from a rank
amatuer<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>".... has been restoring a 1910 Brambach piano."</DIV>
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<DIV>Is this a Grand or an Upright??? Need
to know! If it's a grand, there are some
anomolies with the Brambach, that I can
answer, as I own one, that is a "loner
piano", that MUST be up to snuff. Keeping it
that way does present challenges, even for
me.<G></DIV>
<DIV>Keep in mind that Brambach pianos, in general, were
inexpensive pianos, made to "fly out the
door"!<G> Some of the engineering and
materials were truly suspect, IMO. They can be decent,
however.</DIV>
<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
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<DIV>Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon)</DIV>
<DIV>Captain, Tool Police</DIV>
<DIV>Squares R I</DIV>
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