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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Just have them call =
Mark Wissner
at Yamaha.... Nah! Just
kidding.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 01, 2002 =
5:55
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Wissner Grand</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Anyone ever heard of a Wissner piano? Factory was in =
the Bronx
(I think). I serviced a 9-foot Wissner grand yesterday. 1939. Appears =
to be a
Steinway D clone? Anyone have an opinion on that? I has a WN&G =
action. It
looks to be a fairly substantial piano. Anyone have experience with =
the
Wissner or perhaps other similar D clones?<BR><BR>Pastor says it was
"completely rebuilt - he had the whole thing apart!" six years ago - =
new
hammers and backchecks (supply-house hammer, no tapering, no radius =
shaping of
the tail - not even put on terribly straight) - not even new felt =
under the
keys. Soundboard has 87,000 cracks. ZERO downbearing on most of the =
long
bridge, and soundboard flat as a pancake. Oh, did I say it is pretty =
quiet on
the lower half of the keys, and just about quiet as a mouse from the =
middle on
up - piano is pretty much dead.<BR><BR>Now how do you tell a church =
pastor
client type that his "completely rebuilt" piano needs to be rebuilt - =
if he
wants it to sound like a piano? He mentioned that a local "top =
technician" had
done the work and that the church paid "quite a bit" for the
work.<BR><BR>Thanks<BR><BR>Terry =
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