<HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER= -LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none"> <P><BR>Wanamaker sounds like a would be piano builder...;-]</P> <P><BR>David Ilvedson, RPT<BR>Pacifica, California<BR><BR></P> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5p= x; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<BR>From: "Debra Feiger" <DEBRA_FEIGER@YAHOO.COM><BR>To= : pianotech@ptg.org<BR>Received: 10/13/2005 1:54:13 AM<BR>Subject: Bass= bridge cracks and piano age<BR><BR> <DIV align=left>I am new to this list and thank you in advance for yo= ur replies.  I have a new client with an old John Wanamaker grand = piano.  It was her childhood piano and her mother recently pa= ssed away.  She does not have the money to restore the piano but w= ould like to keep it and play it for sentimental reasons.  &n= bsp;The pins were loose in some sections, many of the bass st= rings had no tone and, with a flashlight in the poorly lit room, I saw&= nbsp;a number of cracks on the bass bridge.  The bridge pins = did not appear to be loose. I am able to give the client her options in= terms of the action work needed, the choices for repairing/replacing t= he pin block, stringing options, regulation choices.  I need help = with the options and prices for repairing/replacing the bass bridge and= perhaps the treble bridge and the other parallel work n= ecessary as a result.   Also, I was trying to find the e= xact age! from the serial number 24745, but could only find that John W= anamaker was affiliated with Schomacker Piano Co.  There was = no info on serial #'s for this company. If the serial #'s are under the= same system as the Schomacker Piano Co. (which I would think they are)= then the piano <BR>dates somewhere betwee 1885 and 1890.  Th= e client thought it was more like 1930s.  Any ideas from this= list?  </DIV> <P> <HR SIZE=1> <A href="http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=36035/*htt= p://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/">Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 = million songs. Try it free.</A> </DIV></BODY></HTML>