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<DIV><SPAN class=734134300-30122004><FONT face=Arial>A little known =
fact: Many
of these pianos were actually made from bird cages. The bird died, you =
see, and
the owner had these packing crates lying around and had just been given =
a
"Wonder Wacker" jig saw for his birthday ...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=734134300-30122004><FONT face=Arial>Actually, they =
sure
are/were pretty (many of them) and there were a few quality brands and =
some of
them have survived relatively unmoldy ... BUT tuning and repairing them =
has all
the joy and fun of inserting sandpaper suppositories sideways (80 =
grit),
which I'd recommend as the less stressful hobby.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan R. =
Barnard</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV>
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face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On =
Behalf Of
</B>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 =
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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)
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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> <BR>
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