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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes, Just did a workover on one last =
month. As you
say interesting and better than the usual mouse trap.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Joe Goss<BR><A
href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI=
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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> Wednesday, April 30, 2003 =
9:08
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> An interesting =
spinet</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>List, =
<BR><BR>I know
that subject line seems like a bit of an oxymoron, but it's true. =
I
worked on a spinet the other day that was at least an attempt to make =
a good
piano. <BR><BR>It was a 1947 George Steck. The first =
interesting
thing I noticed when I took off the music desk was that the lifter =
wires did
not slide into slots on the ends of the keys. Instead, there =
were holes
drilled through the key-ends that the wires poked through. Lost =
motion
regulation was accomplished by turning a round wood nut that was held =
in place
by a cork nut like you find on many player parts. My first =
thought was
"how do you get these out of here without a major hassle and crumbling =
pieces??" <BR><BR>I opened the bottom to adjust the pedal =
mechanism,
and I found my answer: there is a rail with flanges screwed to =
it iunder
the keybed that has lifters to which the lifter wires are attached. =
The
whippens rest on a felt platform at the opposite end of each lifter. =
So
one has to detach nothing to get the action out, except the four =
bracket
bolts. <BR><BR>Definitely a better mousetrap, but I'm sure in =
the end
it proved far too costly to fabricate. Anybody else ever seen =
one of
these? I was also surpised by the lack of false beats in the =
high
treble(though, as usual, the bass was torture). <BR><BR>Dave Stahl
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