Joe, How much time did you spend on the Pleyel Woff? :) Lim On May 6, 2012 1:00 PM, "Joseph Garrett" <<a href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</a>> wrote: > > Thought I'd enlighten.<G> Ran into a P.C. Weaver, upright. Pretty normal > throughout ...except the bass tuning pin pattern/configuration. > It had a 3 tuning pins pattern, instead of the normal 2 or 4. Really > harkened me back to my beginners mode, since I had to trace all of the > strings to make sure I was on the right pin!<G> After a fashion, I figured > out the "system", but even then it was a mind bender. The "system" was, > (going down in the bass w/mute strip in), bottom pin for first note; bottom > pin for second note; middle pin for third note; middle pin for fourth note; > top pin for fifth note; top pin for sixth note....then, do it all over > again.<G> > Today, a Pleyel Wolff, Upright, Flat Strung, Overdamper. Main problem: > expanding leads and moth eaten keyframe felt. Yanked all of the olde felt > out and did the pin clean/polish. Then replaced with "replica felt". The > interesting thing was: both the Sharps and Naturals, balance rail pins had > a route in the front half, so that the felt punching acted like the > "clipped" punchings that we have discussed at length. BTW, this piano was > made around 1887. The fact that it was flat strung, with a French style > Overdamper Action, that had a real Unichorda and the balance pin thang, was > interesting to be sure. > So went my week....weird, weirder, and Whoa!<G> > Regards, > > Joe Garrett, R.P.T. > Captain of the Tool Police > Squares R I >