<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Mike, <div><br></div><div>Thanks for all your help and input on this piano. I decided to restring, scrape, shim and varnish the soundboard. Turning out to be a very nice piano. </div><div><br></div><div>Buy the way, I thought you would like to know, as my wife was touching up all the piano parts, she discovered the name of the piano written under the fallboard rail. It is a Hallet Davis. I check out the Hallet Davis serial numbers and it matches up with the date that I found on one of the keys. I've ordered a decal, so I can give it back it's name.</div><div><br></div><div><div apple-content-edited="true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div>Al -</div><div>High Point, NC</div><div><br></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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<br><div><div>On Nov 14, 2011, at 6:12 PM, Mike Spalding wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div>Sounded pretty good for a modest 5' 2 or 3. The strength of the piano is the WN&G action, with some new parts including Ronsen Wurzen hammers. Even touch from end to end, and voiceable hammers, go a long way towards making a satisfying instrument.<br><br>Mike<br><br>On 11/14/2011 3:55 PM, Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">Mike,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">How did it sound when you finished? It looks like a decent piano. Did it meet your expectations?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Al -<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">High Point, NC<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 14, 2011, at 11:46 AM, Mike Spalding wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Al,<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">You're right, that photo was taken right after I finished stringing, before re-installation of the dampers. I checked my photos of the completed project (finished it about 5 years ago) and found that the dampers fill the treble section completely, from strut to strut, but there are none in the high treble. There was also a name penciled on the inside of the keyslip, but it turned out to be the name of the owner, from when she had it refinished some 35 years ago.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Mike<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">On 11/14/2011 8:45 AM, Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft wrote:<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Mike, as I'm looking again, It looks lie you haven't installed the dampers yet and probably the same as you're piano.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Al -<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">High Point, NC<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 14, 2011, at 9:16 AM, Mike Spalding wrote:<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Hi Al,<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">As near as I can tell, your piano is identical to this one. Serial number 66544 is stamped on soundboard at the bass, WN&G action shifts to the left, no name anywhere on the piano. This one had 6 wound trichords in the low tenor, which I converted to bichords.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Family legend is that grandma had it custom manufactured by John Smith in Indiana. The story is backed up by receipts for the installment payments. Wish I could tell you more.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Mike<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">On 11/14/2011 7:48 AM, Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft wrote:<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Hi All,<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">I'd like to get a name on this piano. There are serial numbers are in two places, (#94710) one on the plate (between the tenor and last treble) on one stamped on the soundboard (bass above the damper guide rail). There is a #2 cast in the plate nose, but no name on the plate. It's has a Wessel, Nickel & Gross action, the nose of the case is squared and the piano shifts (una corda) to the left. Bass & tenor has agraffes.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><Stringing 006.jpg><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><br><br></div></div><br></div></body></html>