<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">If restringing, be careful as 'modern' wire would change the tone.<div>I remember someone had an older grand redone, and he almost cried when he heard it as they had put new hammers and strings on, and it had changed his piano completely.</div><div>If they are thinking hammers, I think I would have Abel recover them, rather than new.</div><div>300c flat is too low, find out what the period of manufacture called for in pitch. It might even take A440. Some of the pitches in Europe were above A440.</div><div>Hopefully someone more in the know, will have some knowledgeable suggestions.</div><div>John Ross</div><div>Windso, Nova Scotia.<br><div><div>On 2012-11-27, at 4:04 PM, David Boyce <<a href="mailto:David@piano.plus.com">David@piano.plus.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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<font face="Arial">I went to look at a grand piano for a new client
today, and was a bit enthralled by what I found. It's a 78"
piano, with the serial number 9351.<br>
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That serial number dates it, remarkably, to about 1826. The piano
is of striking modernity and solidity for such an age. Just
think, it was made when Beethoven was alive!<br>
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I am sending some pics over several emails, to let you see some of
the details.<br>
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The client is considering whether to have the piano case
refinished, and I am ruminating over what to advise him about the
insides. It is best to have a "minimum intervention" policy, and
just clean it up and tune it (it's 300 cents flat, but the pins
feel great)? Or should it go to a rebuilder for a complete job -
stringing, case refinishing etc?<br>
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The quality of sound is quite remarkable in its fullness and
richness. It has bichords quite far up the scale (plain music
wire).<br>
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At every turn, it displays evidence of thoughtful design - look,
for example, at the two little turned handles for pulling out the
action!<br>
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There is no sign of moth damage. What do you think is the
function of the curious little tabs or tongues, on the backchecks?
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Observations welcome!<br>
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Best regards,<br>
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David.<br>
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