<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19088"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Did I say I was doing anything with it? <G> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The next round of pics will reveal some interesting case decoration.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>     Keep Ya'll posted and I agree with the nightmare proposition!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>T.D.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu href="mailto:pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu">Paul T Williams</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 07, 2011 3:20 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] Challen grand with double overstringing</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2 face=sans-serif>At 4'10" and shot...why are you doing anything with it?  It looks like more work than it will ever be worth.....Could be a nightmare while awake!</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT size=2 face=sans-serif>Paul</FONT> <BR><BR><BR><BR> <TABLE width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR vAlign=top> <TD><FONT color=#5f5f5f size=1 face=sans-serif>From:</FONT> <TD><FONT size=1 face=sans-serif>"Tom Driscoll" <<A href="mailto:tomtuner@verizon.net">tomtuner@verizon.net</A>></FONT> <TR vAlign=top> <TD><FONT color=#5f5f5f size=1 face=sans-serif>To:</FONT> <TD><FONT size=1 face=sans-serif><<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>></FONT> <TR vAlign=top> <TD><FONT color=#5f5f5f size=1 face=sans-serif>Date:</FONT> <TD><FONT size=1 face=sans-serif>07/07/2011 02:17 PM</FONT> <TR vAlign=top> <TD><FONT color=#5f5f5f size=1 face=sans-serif>Subject:</FONT> <TD><FONT size=1 face=sans-serif>[pianotech] Challen grand with double overstringing</FONT></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR> <HR noShade> <BR><BR><BR><FONT size=2 face=Arial>list,</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2 face=Arial>  I have one pic (more to be sent my way soon) of a 4' 10" Challen grand piano from 1935.</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2 face=Arial>  Close examination will show that the small aux. bridge is overstrung from the long bridge and the bass strings overstrung from both. Double overstrung? Both the bass and aux. bridge are </FONT><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman"><B>cantilevered .</B></FONT> <BR><FONT size=2 face=Arial>The thing is shot so it's hard to make any judgements on what it may have sounded like,but it's interesting at any rate.</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2 face=Arial> More pics to follow.</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Tom Driscoll[attachment "IMG_4426.jpg" deleted by Paul T Williams/Music/UNL/UNEBR] </FONT><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>