<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PostalCode"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/>  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> I am working on a Hallet Davis 6’7”. It has 400 stamped on the plate, I presume that is some sort of model number. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I posted pictures of it a few weeks ago sporting a treble fish on steroids. There is no thin soundboard under the last octave that I can see. It is a mammoth fish. When running the scale you can hear where the fish starts or I should say where the soundboard stops, almost the very note. It has a sharper attack and rapid decay compared to the non-fish area.<o:p></o:p> <img width=186 height=154 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01C8BB66.3F8AD2E0"><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> It also has agraffes all the way up and agraffes on the bridges. I was checking down bearing and I noticed that the agraffes alternated between tall holes and short holes. This yields positive downbearing on one note and equally negative downbearing on the next. The soundboard has positive crown, perhaps 1-2 mm. It appears they were going for zero net downbearing. Fairly short bridges, too. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <img width=431 height=211 id="_x0000_i1031" src="cid:image002.jpg@01C8BB66.3F8AD2E0"><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I’m having fun taking the cabinet apart (not). The plate is mortised into the sides and tucked under the stretcher which is mortised into the sides and glued to the pin block. I’m about there. I’ve cut out the sides to expose the plate. Next I’m cutting off the top piece of the stretcher which is curved to be very wide at the treble end and narrow at the bass end. <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Dean<o:p></o:p> <u1:PERSONNAME u2:st="on">Dean May</u1:PERSONNAME>             cell 812.239.3359 <o:p></o:p> PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272 <o:p></o:p> <u1:PLACE u2:st="on"><u1:CITY u2:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><u3:place u4:st="on"><u3:City u4:st="on">Terre Haute</st1:City></u3:place></u1:CITY></u3:City> <u1:STATE u2:st="on"><st1:State u5:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">IN</st1:State></u1:STATE></st1:State>  <u1:POSTALCODE u2:st="on"><st1:PostalCode u6:st="on"><st1:PostalCode w:st="on">47802</st1:PostalCode></u1:POSTALCODE></st1:PostalCode></st1:place></u1:PLACE><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> </div> </body> </html>