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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Dave Stahl & =
List</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes, I have come across this feature of =
strings
without action. I think it is to increase the quality of the top note =
(85 in
this case) It is rather akin to the top two or three dampers being =
trimmed so
only two strings are damped. I have one of these Ed. Seillers in a =
school in
really desparate condition. Another thing about it is the damper levers =
are all
wood. Regulation is through the TWO flange screws which enable the =
damper head
to be rocked either to the L or to the R.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G.(UK) must go out and cut the =
grass
now....</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Piannaman@aol.com
href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</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> Saturday, April 09, 2005 =
4:50
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Maximiliaan's House of =
Grand
Pianos?</DIV>
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<DIV>I tuned a really interesting piano today. It is a Seiler =
upright,
circa 1898. The case is quite beautiful, made of burled
something-or-other in the furniture style of that period, very =
caringly
refinished. It has new hammers(Abels just like the new Seilers), =
dampers(again, just like its later brothers), strings, pins, pinblock, =
and the
ivories are impeccably restored. Pin torque is even throughout, =
3 coils
per pin, becket in each row placed in almost identical position.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>It also has a PianoDisc system in it. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The piano has 85 keys. An unusual feature is that it has =
strings
for A# 7, but there is no hammer nor key, nor a place for either =
in the
action or keyboard. Why???</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>There is a sticker inside the piano that says "Maximiliaan's =
House of
Grand Pianos, New York." Is this seller still in
existence? </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Just curious,</DIV>
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<DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>