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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Marvelous! thanks for sharing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:navy'>Dean</span></b><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"CAC Leslie","serif";color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"AGaramond","serif";color:navy'>Dean W May (812) 235-5272 voice and text <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"AGaramond","serif";color:navy'>PianoRebuilders.com (888) DEAN-MAY </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"AGaramond","serif";color:navy'>Terre Haute IN 47802</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dale Erwin<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, March 02, 2013 8:21 PM<br><b>To:</b> pianotech@googlegroups.com; pianotech@ptg.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [pianotech] Chico womens club Steinway event<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy'>A couple more pictures of the Chico B<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:mediumblue'>Dale Erwin R.P.T.<br></span></b><b><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:darkgreen'><br></span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:darkgreen'><br><tt> </tt></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:navy'><br><tt> </tt></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div id="AOLMsgPart_2_138ac59e-287f-4218-a901-7409f1703577"><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy'> Colleagues</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy'> Every now and then we get to restore a piano for venerable civic group and historic occasions. In this case , the Chico womens club is both. They are celebrating there 100th anniverserary with a silent film festival. The piano will be showcased by the pianist who specializes in the old silent movie theater piano music.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy'>The 1911 Steinway B is 2 years older than the womens club and it started out pretty much a train wreck. The lid had been damaged in a fire at the club eons ago, and then re-veneered badly. So, new lid.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy'> Everything else in similar condition. New set of legs as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy'> If interested in the rebuilding details read on if not....please skip.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy'> The piano has the older 14 rib scale which I prefer to the 13 rib model. We added a straight cut-off bar,treble belly brace, removed the ring bridge connector/tone killer. Built a rib crowned board with the usual mad in house Sitka spruce panel. I had some really beautiful tight grain Grown in Calif. sugar pine ribs. (20grains per inch)....really hard to find. Added double wrapped bass mono-chords and 3 unisons of Bi-chords on the first 3 notes of the tenor section.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy'>Coupled with a set of Ronsen Weickert felt hammers. No juice. The piano speaks very very well, big robust sound with clarity and presence. 5.5 action ratio. All in all all teh Erwins are very pleased with this outcome.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:navy'> We deliver it Friday night to the womens club the 8th for the opening silent films event. Saturday is a champagne brunch and some kind of a multimedia interview of the Erwin crew. HEy free publicity is alwasy welcome. Its all good & we get hear our newest makeover in concert so to speak, laughing all the while at Laurel & Hardy films and Charlie Chaplin films. 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