<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>RE: Muffler bar needed</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"/> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"/> <style> </style> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff"> <div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">There is a great article by the Rappaports in an old Journal about building one.  If you want it really done right, I'd find that article...you might give them a call.<br/><br/>David Ilvedson, RPT<br/>Pacifica, CA 94044<br/><br/> <div style="padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; border-left: #000000 3px solid; padding-top: 5px"> <hr/>Original message<br/>From: "James Johnson" <jhjpiano@sbcglobal.net> </jhjpiano@sbcglobal.net><br/>To: pianotech@ptg.org<br/>Received: 11/27/2007 8:28:04 PM<br/>Subject: Muffler bar needed<br/><br/> <div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">I have a customer with a Ludwig upright made in 1902.  The muffler bar is missing.  This is a very beautiful piano and I hate to fabricate something out of aluminum.  I'm hoping that someone has a muffler bar from an old piano which would fit the character of this instrument.  The inside dimension is 55 7/8 inch.  I can cut it shorter it I find one too long, or I can attach blocks to the inside of the case if it is a little bit too short.  If you have one you would like to part with, let me know.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Thanks,</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">James H. Johnson</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">530-677-8225 (Cameron Park, CA)</font></div> </div></font> </div> </body> </html>