<font color='navy' size='2' face='Comic Sans MS, sans-serif'><font size="2" color="navy" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"> Well I don't know about any WBW comments on spinets either but my Dad said when WBW was asked what to do about soundboard cracks he stated. " Gentleman....Soundboard cracks? Leave them alone"<br> Dale<br> <br> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:">WBW was definitely around during the early decades of the spinet era. I don’t know what, if anything, he had to say about them.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:">ddf</span></div> </font><br> <font size="2" color="navy" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"> <br> <div style="clear:both"><font size="1" color="royalblue"><b><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><font color="black"><font color="mediumblue" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Dale Erwin... RPT</font><br> </font></font></b></font><font color="darkgreen"><span style="font-style: italic;"><b><font size="1"><font color="black"><font color="blueviolet"><font color="black"> <font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Mason & Hamlin</font><font face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">/Steinway/</font><font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">U.S pianos</font><font face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><br> </font></font></font></font><font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">www.Erwinspiano.com</font><br> <font color="crimson" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">209-577-8397</font><br> <font color="darkgreen"></font></font></b></span></font><tt><tt><font color="darkgreen"><br>  </font><br>   <font size="2"></font></tt></tt><br> <br> </div> <br> <br> <div style="font-family:arial,helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Delwin D Fandrich <del@fandrichpiano.com><br> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Tue, May 15, 2012 3:11 pm<br> Subject: Re: [pianotech] William Braid White<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_1_cff61840-ebe1-47e3-95dc-d9aa88bd287a"> <style>#AOLMsgPart_1_cff61840-ebe1-47e3-95dc-d9aa88bd287a td{color: black;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; panose-1:3 15 7 2 3 3 2 2 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Consolas; panose-1:2 11 6 9 2 2 4 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Georgia; panose-1:2 4 5 2 5 4 5 2 3 3;} #AOLMsgPart_1_cff61840-ebe1-47e3-95dc-d9aa88bd287a p.MsoNormal,#AOLMsgPart_1_cff61840-ebe1-47e3-95dc-d9aa88bd287a li.MsoNormal,#AOLMsgPart_1_cff61840-ebe1-47e3-95dc-d9aa88bd287a div.MsoNormal {margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} #AOLMsgPart_1_cff61840-ebe1-47e3-95dc-d9aa88bd287a a:link,#AOLMsgPart_1_cff61840-ebe1-47e3-95dc-d9aa88bd287a span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} #AOLMsgPart_1_cff61840-ebe1-47e3-95dc-d9aa88bd287a a:visited,#AOLMsgPart_1_cff61840-ebe1-47e3-95dc-d9aa88bd287a span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} #AOLMsgPart_1_cff61840-ebe1-47e3-95dc-d9aa88bd287a pre {mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-link:"HTML Preformatted Char"; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Courier New";} #AOLMsgPart_1_cff61840-ebe1-47e3-95dc-d9aa88bd287a tt {mso-style-priority:99; font-family:"Courier New";} #AOLMsgPart_1_cff61840-ebe1-47e3-95dc-d9aa88bd287a p.MsoAcetate,#AOLMsgPart_1_cff61840-ebe1-47e3-95dc-d9aa88bd287a li.MsoAcetate,#AOLMsgPart_1_cff61840-ebe1-47e3-95dc-d9aa88bd287a div.MsoAcetate {mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-link:"Balloon Text Char"; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";} #AOLMsgPart_1_cff61840-ebe1-47e3-95dc-d9aa88bd287a span.HTMLPreformattedChar {mso-style-name:"HTML Preformatted Char"; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-link:"HTML Preformatted"; font-family:Consolas;} #AOLMsgPart_1_cff61840-ebe1-47e3-95dc-d9aa88bd287a span.EmailStyle20 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; color:navy; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none none;} #AOLMsgPart_1_cff61840-ebe1-47e3-95dc-d9aa88bd287a span.BalloonTextChar {mso-style-name:"Balloon Text Char"; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-link:"Balloon Text"; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";} #AOLMsgPart_1_cff61840-ebe1-47e3-95dc-d9aa88bd287a .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";} @page WordSection1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;} #AOLMsgPart_1_cff61840-ebe1-47e3-95dc-d9aa88bd287a div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} </style> <div class="WordSection1"> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:">Spinets as a class of piano came out of the 1930s—i.e., the depression years. Many, if not most, of them used scaling that had been cobbled up to fit on the very short grand pianos that were developed—and had become popular—during the 1920s. </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:">WBW was definitely around during the early decades of the spinet era. I don’t know what, if anything, he had to say about them.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:">ddf</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:">Delwin D Fandrich</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:">Piano Design & Fabrication</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:">6939 Foothill Court SW, </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:">Olympia, Washington 98512 USA</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:">Phone  360.515.0119 — Cell  360.388.6525</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"><a href="mailto:del@fandrichpiano.com"><span style="color:blue">del@fandrichpiano.com </span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:">— </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"><a href="mailto:ddfandrich@gmail.com"><span style="color:blue">ddfandrich@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"> <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:tnrwim@aol.com">tnrwim@aol.com</a><br> <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 15, 2012 2:45 PM<br> <b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a><br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: [pianotech] William Braid White</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"> </span></div> <div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 2.0pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><pre style="margin-left:36.0pt"><tt><span style="color:black">Thumper said: ""Spinets" did not exist while William Braid White was alive.</span></tt></pre><pre style="margin-left:36.0pt"><tt><span style="color:black">(Ha! Ha!)</span></tt></pre></blockquote></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"> </span></div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"> </span></div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"> </span></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:">Spinets might not have been around "back then", but inexpensive, badly scaled and constructed instruments, were. They were not as bad as the spinets made in the 50's and 60's, but ever since pianos were manufactured en mass, there were basically three levels of pianos: Top of the line, used by concert halls and professionals, mid level, used by schools, average players and teachers, And the "leader brands", the cheap stuff to lure customers into the show rooms. These were sold to parents to get their child started on lessons. These pianos were made by small companies, or even the major ones,  and were barely strong enough to last a few years. Most have now become landfill, but I'm sure some of you have been asked to "toon" some of the relics that are still around. </span></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"> </span></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:">Wim</span></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Dale Erwin <<a href="mailto:erwinspiano@aol.com">erwinspiano@aol.com</a>><br> To: joegarrett <<a href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</a>>; pianotech <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>><br> Sent: Tue, May 15, 2012 10:55 am<br> Subject: Re: [pianotech] William Braid White</span></div> <div id="AOLMsgPart_1_c423318d-5fcd-4751-9bed-0de129ccad6a"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:">I confirm that My Dad was his indeed his student in 1950. Acrosonics....1939. They were good little pianos then...well for spinets</span></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:">Dale Erwin... RPT</span></b><b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"><br> </span></b><b><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:">Mason & Hamlin/Steinway/U.S pianos<br> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.erwinspiano.com/">www.Erwinspiano.com</a></span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"><br> </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:">209-577-8397</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"><br> </span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"><br> <tt> </tt></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"><br> <tt>  </tt></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"></span></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"> </span></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Joseph Garrett <<a href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</a>><br> To: pianotech <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>><br> Sent: Tue, May 15, 2012 9:53 am<br> Subject: [pianotech] William Braid White</span></div> <div id="AOLMsgPart_0_ccf74601-c18d-40f7-bc2d-44a079d9dea2"><pre style="margin-left:36.0pt;background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">Thumper said: ""Spinets" did not exist while William Braid White was alive.</span></tt></pre><pre style="margin-left:36.0pt;background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">(Ha! Ha!)</span></tt></pre><pre style="margin-left:36.0pt;background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">But seriously, folks......."</span></tt></pre><pre style="margin-left:36.0pt;background:white"><tt><span style="color:black"> </span></tt></pre><pre style="margin-left:36.0pt;background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">Thumper,</span></tt></pre><pre style="margin-left:36.0pt;background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">WB White was teaching in the 50,s! Spinets had been around long before that!</span></tt></pre><pre style="margin-left:36.0pt;background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">K?<G></span></tt></pre><pre style="margin-left:36.0pt;background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">Joe Garrett, R.P.T.</span></tt></pre><pre style="margin-left:36.0pt;background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">Captain of the Tool Police</span></tt></pre><pre style="margin-left:36.0pt;background:white"><tt><span style="color:black">Squares R I</span></tt></pre><pre style="margin-left:36.0pt;background:white"><tt><span style="color:black"> </span></tt></pre></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div> </font></font>