<!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 5.50.4134.100" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sounds like a Heintzman from = Toronto.  I have one in my customer base that is exactly as you described, only it still = has all original parts.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The screws are Robertson or = square-recessed screws.  Better hardware stores sometimes carry the appropriate screwdrivers for these, or the bits that can fit in a magnetic handle or = cordless screwdriver.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Z! Reinhardt  RPT<BR>Ann = Arbor  MI<BR><A href="mailto:diskladame@provide.net">diskladame@provide.net</A></FONT><= /DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mathstar@salemnet.com = href="mailto:mathstar@salemnet.com">Alan R. Barnard</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, November 22, 2002 = 5:59 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Mysterious but Very = Nice</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Background:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tuned a small upright (large = console?) today for a new customer. What a sweet little piano! The unisons just fell into = place and there is no cheap-piano whininess even in the longest plain-wires. = Someone obviously installed new hammers and did other work to the piano in = recent years.Very nice Walnut veneer and finish.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I'm going to put on new keytops = and that is really all this piano needs, except maybe for new wound = strings.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can't tell you the make, there was no = name on the plate, no tag on the back, and if there was a fallboard decal, it must = have been removed when it was refinished.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Question:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does this piano sound familiar to anyone???</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Clues:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The plate has no bolts or regular = slot/Philips screws. It has screws of abut the usual size, each with a  square = hole in the center, about 3/16" on each side.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It has two pedals only.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It has a mechanism to angle out the = music desk when the fallboard is folded up (another clue) but rather than just a = metal rod doing the pushing, there is a very nice (looks like oak) wooden = bar across the whole face of the action--about halfway between the hammers and = the backchecks in its vertical position. The whole bar = pushes out and firmly holds the music desk. Very nice.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lid is full-size, not the old = half-fold upright type.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If I had to guess, with my limited = exposure to pianos, I'd guess this is a 50's piano--partly because it reminds me = of the Janssen players of that era--NOT NOT NOT in quality, but in it's = general size and shape. But I really don't know. It was never a player, by the way. =  Not at all ornate, just nice wood. In height, about like a = Hamilton studio. General shapes are squared, nothing rounded except a slight = sculpting of the legs (which sit on nice sturdy toe blocks) not quite a "spade = foot" look but kinda like.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The serial number is = 26358</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <FONT face=Arial size=2>THE CUSTOMER BOUGHT IT A YEAR = AGO IN  VIRGINIA -- $200.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyone?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mystified in Salem, MO</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>