<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>No, I'm not modernizing mine. I intend to rebuild the "pear-shaped" butts, and etc.. But my 52" has the dowel caps, whereas my 56"(?) has the stickers with the split bottoms on the pins on rocker caps. These (pre-American Piano Company-late 1800's Knabes) are the most finely crafted uprights I've ever seen. The concert pianist Hugh Hodgson, for whom UGA's world-class Performing Arts Center was named, had 17 pianos in his mansion asccording to his descendants. (Big Steinway grands and everything, I'm quite sure.) But, according to them, the only one he ever really played on was a Knabe just like this!</span></div><div></div><div> </div><div>Euphonious Thumpe<br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times,
serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="hr" contentEditable="false" readonly="true"></div> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Carlos Ralon <ceralon@comcast.net><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> pianotech@ptg.org <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, February 25, 2013 1:57 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [pianotech] Knabe Screw<br> </font> </div> <br>
Thump;<br>I also have a 52" Knabe upright , I call it a double stack, the stickers<br>are attached to the keys with a snap-on fit, I may have put the horse in<br>front of the cart by already re=stringing it. ?Sounds bueatiful, but I wish<br>I could modernize the action. Is this what you are doing? <br>Carlos Ralon, RPT<br> Original Message-----<br>From: Arlie Rauch [mailto:<a href="mailto:adarpub@midrivers.com" ymailto="mailto:adarpub@midrivers.com">adarpub@midrivers.com</a>] <br>Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 7:20 PM<br>To: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" ymailto="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a><br>Subject: Re: [pianotech] Knabe Screw<br><br>This is the 52" model--nothing pinned to the keys. So far I haven't<br>replaced anything--I'm still evaluating, and I'm not planning to replace<br>what doesn't need it. This is not intended to be a complete rebuild. The<br>butts obviously need new leather, but otherwise
they look fine. I'm still<br>figuring out how I will proceed with some aspects of the project. The<br>double hammer/damper flanges do not make things easier. If I need parts, I<br>will likely be in trouble, unless I can get my neighbor to make them (he<br>could). I do like the soft pedal assembly design. And, I might add, the<br>piano is very heavy for its size.<br>Arlie<br><br>On Feb 24, 2013, at 12:21 AM, <a href="mailto:pianotech-request@ptg.org" ymailto="mailto:pianotech-request@ptg.org">pianotech-request@ptg.org</a> wrote:<br>> Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 18:23:10 -0800 (PST)<br>> From: Euphonious Thumpe <<a href="mailto:lclgcnp@yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:lclgcnp@yahoo.com">lclgcnp@yahoo.com</a>><br>> To: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" ymailto="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a><br>> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Knabe screw<br>> Message-ID:<br>> <<a
href="mailto:1361672590.37372.YahooMailMobile@web142602.mail.bf1.yahoo.com" ymailto="mailto:1361672590.37372.YahooMailMobile@web142602.mail.bf1.yahoo.com">1361672590.37372.YahooMailMobile@web142602.mail.bf1.yahoo.com</a>><br>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br>> <br>> I MIGHT have one, but you'd better get one from someone else (or have<br>Joe make one) if it's offered. But the big question for me is the<br>dowel-capstans under the wips. Did you replace the pinned-to-the-keys<br>arrangement thusly, or is this the 52" model with dowel caps original? Where<br>did you get parts that fit?? Did you re-use the original "pear" shaped<br>butts???<br>> <br>> Thumpe<br><br><br><br><br><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>