<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re: [Files] WHere's Waldo (was Big hammers) (Modified = by</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE type=text/css>BLOCKQUOTE { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } DL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } UL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } OL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } LI { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1458" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Sorry, it is in fact the bass end of = the long bridge.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>It's a 4'9" grand manufactured in = 1924. Supposedly wasn't tuned for 20 years, though it seems to have had a new = set of hammers since then - hard for me to imagine a tech replacing the hammers = but not tuning the piano. Action was seriously stiff - not even one swing per = hammer. I treated this with center pin lubricant and freed them up to become = playable. Old style wippens as recently described here on another Brambach. Six of the = letoff buttons have their eye screws broken off. It's a family heirloom = that only visiting guests play. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>My assessment was to do absolutely = minimal work to get it to sound and feel somewhat like a piano. They're happy. But = that bridge bothers me.</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=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</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, September 02, = 2004 12:42 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: WHere's = Waldo</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If this is a low end older piano, I = agree - leave it alone and monitor (for increased cracking and tuning = stability) - it may stay that way for decades. However, this IS a very odd looking low = end of a bass bridge! Can I assume this is the bass end of the long bridge?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What kind of piano is this? Age? = Overall condition? And who's Waldo, let alone where?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</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"> </DIV> <DIV>At 10:48 AM -0700 9/2/04, jason kanter wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">Here's the low end of the bass = bridge, out of focus but you can see how<BR>badly cracked it is. Should this = be fixed, or band-aided, or left alone? The</BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">piano IS tunable.</BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Jason,</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>You say it is tunable. The pic shows there is adequate side-bearing.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Recommendation: Leave it alone.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Keith McGavern</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>