<FONT size=3></FONT><br> <br> <br>   Hey Will<br>   This is a clients piano. A woman who also writes for our local paper has a 15 year old son who is a real up and coming player. They voted to have Henry rebuilt into a hot rod rather than spend the same amount of money on a garden variety piano. Also, Her son is very fond of the piano & didn't' want to give it up. I really like this story because he gets a life time, High performance, custom built & designed musical instrument to develop his skills on.. Where can you buy that new? For what there spending. Shigurus are up there,& Steingraebbers ? big money. This is very affordable option for them. We're doing the action & dampers.  Finish is later.<br>    Oh...you know....I used to make mischief all by myself but Now Dennis is getting good at this too. He gets it....he hears it.<br>   Whoo hhoo!!<br>   Dale<br>  <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_2_593d3556-f613-48db-ae20-d36a87734061> <STYLE> @#AOLMsgPart_2_593d3556-f613-48db-ae20-d36a87734061 font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}@#AOLMsgPart_2_593d3556-f613-48db-ae20-d36a87734061 font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}@#AOLMsgPart_2_593d3556-f613-48db-ae20-d36a87734061 font-face {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;} #AOLMsgPart_2_593d3556-f613-48db-ae20-d36a87734061 p.MsoNormal,#AOLMsgPart_2_593d3556-f613-48db-ae20-d36a87734061 li.MsoNormal,#AOLMsgPart_2_593d3556-f613-48db-ae20-d36a87734061 div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}#AOLMsgPart_2_593d3556-f613-48db-ae20-d36a87734061 a:link,#AOLMsgPart_2_593d3556-f613-48db-ae20-d36a87734061 span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;}#AOLMsgPart_2_593d3556-f613-48db-ae20-d36a87734061 a:visited,#AOLMsgPart_2_593d3556-f613-48db-ae20-d36a87734061 span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; text-decoration:underline;}#AOLMsgPart_2_593d3556-f613-48db-ae20-d36a87734061 span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D;}#AOLMsgPart_2_593d3556-f613-48db-ae20-d36a87734061 .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only;}@#AOLMsgPart_2_593d3556-f613-48db-ae20-d36a87734061 page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}#AOLMsgPart_2_593d3556-f613-48db-ae20-d36a87734061 div.Section1 {page:Section1;}</STYLE> <div class=Section1> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">So Dale, is this a customer piano, or are you making mischief all by yourself?</SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Will Truitt</SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></div> <div style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"> <div class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"> <A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A> [<A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org?">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A>] <B>On Behalf Of </B><A href="mailto:erwinspiano@aol.com">erwinspiano@aol.com</A><br> <B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 31, 2008 10:56 AM<br> <B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A><br> <B>Subject:</B> Rebuilding Henry</SPAN></div> </div> <div class=MsoNormal> </div> <div class=MsoNormal>  Good Morning All Fellow Belly Heads<br>    It's not often I get to start over & actually design a piano but this was a good candidate & it's been fun. It was also necessary. <br>     I Love the Non Steinway projects especially the big ones. I am rebuilding a 6 ft 8 inch Henry F. Miller from the early 1900's.  It's great because it's....big ...Has a horribly designed board & string scale but it is built like a tank.<br>   This Job has been a bit daunting because of the duplex angles on the pinblock to flange & also the mortised in pinblock. Dennis & I had to build it in two sections & then patch up the side of the case where it was cut out.<br>    The String scale was a nightmare that averaged between 220 & 240 per plain wire string.  Aggregate plain wire tensions was 38 Thousand pounds.  Add the bass string tension & it's pushing 50 thousand pounds total tension on the plate.  Un heard of!  Just changing wire size wasn't going to get there. New wire tension was down to 33 thousand.<br>   This meant making a new bridge. I modeled the new one off a 1894 Steinway B bridge/scale & got the tensions down to 160 to 180. Very Steinwayish & normal. Also the new bridge shape shaved off two plus inches in string length & now lies closer to the center of the rib structure. See bridge laying side by side or over layed. <br>   I changed rib scales to work nicely with he string scale. 15 ribs fanned & taller of course. The old board probably caved in under the tension of the original scale before it left the factory.<br> <br> <A href="http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=e8d0ZBAkj8b9hteeS5PIZuItogcU*MGYr4fuv4xQp5Fd3Ig%3D" target=_blank><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><IMG id=AOLP491875 height=206 src="http://links.pictures.aol.com/pic?id=e8d0ZBAkj8b9hteeS5PIZuItogcU*MGYr4fuv4xQp5Fd3Ig=&size=m" width=275 border=0></SPAN></A></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" align=right><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: blue"><A href="http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=e8d0ZBAkj8b9hteeS5PIZuItogcU*MGYr4fuv4xQp5Fd3Ig%3D" target=_blank><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: none">View full size</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none"></SPAN></A></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal> </div> <div class=MsoNormal>  Below is the redesign & addition of the fish.  I think the bridge on this piano lies closer to the actual center of the ribs than any other I've done.<br> <br> <A href="http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=e8d0ZBAkj8b9hteeS5PIZuItojoCEoi6r*B-v4xQp5Fd3Ig%3D" target=_blank><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><IMG id=AOLP631834 height=206 src="http://links.pictures.aol.com/pic?id=e8d0ZBAkj8b9hteeS5PIZuItojoCEoi6r*B-v4xQp5Fd3Ig=&size=m" width=275 border=0></SPAN></A></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" align=right><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: blue"><A href="http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=e8d0ZBAkj8b9hteeS5PIZuItojoCEoi6r*B-v4xQp5Fd3Ig%3D" target=_blank><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: none">View full size</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none"></SPAN></A></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal> </div> <div class=MsoNormal>  Below I laid the old bridge end right on top of the note 88 location & the bottom end on the appropriate note on the low tenor end.  The difference is seen<br> <A href="http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=e8d0ZBAkj8b9hteeS5PIZuItogit5yJKITpxv4xQp5Fd3Ig%3D" target=_blank><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><IMG id=AOLP286829 height=206 src="http://links.pictures.aol.com/pic?id=e8d0ZBAkj8b9hteeS5PIZuItogit5yJKITpxv4xQp5Fd3Ig=&size=m" width=275 border=0></SPAN></A></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" align=right><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: blue"><A href="http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=e8d0ZBAkj8b9hteeS5PIZuItogit5yJKITpxv4xQp5Fd3Ig%3D" target=_blank><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: none">View full size</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none"></SPAN></A></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal> </div> <div class=MsoNormal>     Below shows the new bridge & transition bridge<br> <br> <A href="http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=e8d0ZBAkj8b9hteeS5PIZuItoqa0vYvk2G28v4xQp5Fd3Ig%3D" target=_blank><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><IMG id=AOLP100551 height=206 src="http://links.pictures.aol.com/pic?id=e8d0ZBAkj8b9hteeS5PIZuItoqa0vYvk2G28v4xQp5Fd3Ig=&size=m" width=275 border=0></SPAN></A></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" align=right><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: blue"><A href="http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=e8d0ZBAkj8b9hteeS5PIZuItoqa0vYvk2G28v4xQp5Fd3Ig%3D" target=_blank><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: none">View full size</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none"></SPAN></A></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal> </div> <div class=MsoNormal> Here is a new plate suspension system that Ron N. & David Love shared with me. The miller plate set on a wooden top caul with 17 screws. Duplicating such a thing is joke. SO for about 2 bucks a piece this simple & elegant solution quickly solved my plate elevation issues. Parts are from Mac Master -Carr.  They have everything! I filled int he counter sunk plate screw holes with epoxy & high density filler then re drilled the entire hole a bit bigger for clearance.<br> <br> <A href="http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=e8d0ZBAkj8b9hteeS5PIZuIton9AtjdXyITOv4xQp5Fd3Ig%3D" target=_blank><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><IMG id=AOLP78247 height=206 src="http://links.pictures.aol.com/pic?id=e8d0ZBAkj8b9hteeS5PIZuIton9AtjdXyITOv4xQp5Fd3Ig=&size=m" width=275 border=0></SPAN></A></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" align=right><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: blue"><A href="http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=e8d0ZBAkj8b9hteeS5PIZuIton9AtjdXyITOv4xQp5Fd3Ig%3D" target=_blank><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: none">View full size</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none"></SPAN></A></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal> </div> <div class=MsoNormal>  Here is a new device. Below.  I got this idea from David Betts at NBSS. It's high density rubber that is used to glue in the board. No more wood strips lined with plastic to keep things from sticking. It bends with a bit of effort. Very slick. Glued the board in Yesterday. I have always wanted to put a Steinway String scale/bridge in something else & see what I could produce tonally. I guess we'll know soon.<br> <A href="http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=e8d0ZBAkj8b9hteeS5PIZuItoglPfQDSgX2Hv4xQp5Fd3Ig%3D" target=_blank><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"><IMG id=AOLP928467 height=206 src="http://links.pictures.aol.com/pic?id=e8d0ZBAkj8b9hteeS5PIZuItoglPfQDSgX2Hv4xQp5Fd3Ig=&size=m" width=275 border=0></SPAN></A></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: right" align=right><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: blue"><A href="http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=e8d0ZBAkj8b9hteeS5PIZuItoglPfQDSgX2Hv4xQp5Fd3Ig%3D" target=_blank><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: none">View full size</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none"></SPAN></A></SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal>  Dale Erwin</div> </div> <div id=u8CA914E03904064-1674-5DCA> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-TOP: 7.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"> <HR align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </SPAN></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-TOP: 7.5pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Stay informed, get connected and more <A title=http://mobile.aol.com/productOverview.jsp?productOverview=aol-mobile-overview&?&ncid=aolmbd00030000000139 href="http://mobile.aol.com/productOverview.jsp?productOverview=aol-mobile-overview&?&ncid=aolmbd00030000000139" target=_blank>with AOL on your phone</A>.</SPAN> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id='u8CA91A0CBBAFE0D-180C-3B72' class='aol_ad_footer'><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Stay informed, get connected and more <A title="http://mobile.aol.com/productOverview.jsp?productOverview=aol-mobile-overview&?&ncid=aolmbd00030000000139" href="http://mobile.aol.com/productOverview.jsp?productOverview=aol-mobile-overview&?&ncid=aolmbd00030000000139" target="_blank">with AOL on your phone</A>.</FONT> </div>