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<DIV><SPAN class=421164303-30122004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>I have
restored several of these. If they have felt hammers Ronsen makes =
copies
for you. All the rest is just piano work using no new action =
parts.
They end up quite nice, I think., I tune these by removing the =
overdampers
and wearing cloth gloves to damp the strings. I don't want to =
tarnish the
new strings. If I am tuning it, it most likely has been
restrung.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=421164303-30122004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff =
size=2>Some
of these had no plate. The best most restorable are those with =
plates or
straps..That would be a plate bolted down with hitch pins in =
it. Iron
straps up to the pin block and perhaps other metal. The ones with =
all wood
are probably not even playable by now. They tend to fold up by now =
from
the stress.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lynn Bullock </FONT></P>
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face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Alpha88x@aol.com
[mailto:Alpha88x@aol.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 29, 2004 =
11:37
AM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> "Bird cage"
piano<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 =
face=Arial
size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
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PTSIZE="10">Greetings,<BR><BR>  =
;
The other day I tuned a piano that has all the damper wires in the =
front of
the action....very gently! The people wanted to know if the =
piano could
be refurbished, however, the action wood is not all decrepid and dark =
and
dried out! (as one think it would/should be after all those years)
<BR><BR> =
My
question is: Was there a company that made replacement actions for =
these
pianos, perhaps in the 1950's, 1960's? The reason I ask is that the =
action's
wooden parts look no older than that....and...are these pianos =
difficult to
rework (new cloth/felts regulation and such)? (I really think this =
piano is
not worth it)<BR><BR>rookie,<BR>Julia Gottchall, <BR>Reading, =
PA</FONT>
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