<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3086" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"> <DIV>Tom:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I've only restored one fully, purely based on sentimental value since these pianos are not very good otherwise. They do, though, have some very interesting design features. Did you notice that the bass bridge pins reverse the dogleg in the middle of the bridge, supposedly I would guess to balance the rotation of the bridge? Also, the cut-out in the bass, and a spectacularly high bass bridge with the plane of the soundboard at somewhere around 10 degrees sloping down from horizontal. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Paul</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG>"If you want to know the truth, stop having opinions" (Chinese fortune cookie)</STRONG></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 05/10/07 22:04:38 Central Daylight Time, tomtuner@verizon.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"> <DIV> <STYLE type=text/css> .aolmailheader {font-size:8pt; color:black; font-family:Arial} a.aolmailheader:link {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; font-weight:normal} a.aolmailheader:visited {color:magenta; text-decoration:underline; font-weight:normal} a.aolmailheader:active {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; font-weight:normal} a.aolmailheader:hover {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; font-weight:normal} </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16441" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV><FONT face=Moderne size=2>List,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Moderne size=2>    I serviced a very interesting 5' 1930? ( I left my atlas on the desk) Mehlin grand today.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Moderne size=2>    First glance was very typical small grand design. Cantilevered bass bridge but with a pretty decent backscale length. The real surprise came from below.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Moderne size=2>    The bass was floated and had a  3" wide serpentine cuttoff .</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Moderne size=2>    The ribs were "reverse" tapered .</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Moderne size=2>    That is the ends of each rib were around 1" thick at the rim and tapered to around 5/16 " thick in the middle. I'll bring my camera next time and pass along some images.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Moderne size=2>    Really cool design stuff. The overall condition was fair to poor and I really would have liked to hear this thing out of the box way back when. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Moderne size=2>    Any of youze belly heads worked on one of these?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Moderne size=2>    Tom Driscoll RPT</FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>