<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tuned an interesting Hornung Brothers = San Francisco piano today s# 1914 dates it at 1909.  Two things very interesting = for me to see.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> First the casters were a two part = cross it seemed, between the old cast iron base one piece unit and the modern two = part caster that has a metal base that the caster stem is inserted into. The = casters on this piano had a heavy cast iron base that the stem was driven into. = The stem was much larger than any that are in my case of spare = casters.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So we ended up replacing with the one = piece cast unit, which fit perfectly.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The second interesting thing about this = piano was the action. My mind could almost see a conection between the action = style of the rocker with a hole in it, rocker, capstan, and steps in the development = of the modern action. <G> Hope I'm not off my rocker, but it was fun to = just think look and tune today. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would rate this piano with the likes = of an Ivers & Pond, a keeper.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Goss<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></FO= NT></DIV></BODY></HTML>