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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial PTSIZE=10><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dave,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>A year ago I worked on a 1920 Steinway V.
All the hammer flanges had very bad verdigris, but amazingly none of the other
flanges had it.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I replaced hammers, shanks, butts and flanges.
It has double flanges.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The tone is quite nice, so it was worth
the effort.</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Jerry Cohen</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>NJ Chapter</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf
Of </span></b>Piannaman@aol.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, August 24, 2004
10:06 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> pianotech@ptg.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Repinning Steinway
Upright with verdigris--suggestions, estimates?</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:
.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>List,
<br>
<br>
While tuning a nice 1942 Baldwin L yesterday, the owner mentioned that she had
an old piano in the other room that had some notes that didn't work, and
wondered whether I could look at it and see if I could fix it. <br>
<br>
Turns out to be a Steinway "V" from around 1920, impeccably
refinished in deep red Mahogany. The hammers have been replaced within
the last couple of decades, but probably have never been used all that much,
given the state of the hammer-flange centers. <br>
<br>
I didn't have to do much examining to figure out that the piano is infested
with verdigris (I forgot to note whether there are double flanges, though :-(
). <br>
<br>
I am going to take on the job of repinning this beast if the owners decide they
want it done, but I have a few questions. <br>
<br>
1. Will I need to replace bushings as well as the center pins? I
certainly suspect so, since the cloth is the culprit. <br>
<br>
2. Will it be cheaper/easier to just replace all of the flanges in the
piano? <br>
<br>
3. Is it likely that all of the flanges in the piano are verdigris
victims? The whippen and jack flanges don't seem to be binding, but I
would suspect that Steinway used paraffin in all of their bushing cloth. <br>
<br>
4. Time estimates from anyone who has done this project before would be
most appreciated: <br>
A. Repinning all flanges <br>
B. Replacing all flanges and
subsequent fitting involved <br>
C. Rebushing and repinning all
flanges <br>
<br>
I will also consult Joe's "G" Piano Works labor guide for ETs for
these various operations. <br>
<br>
Thanks in advance for your expertise, <br>
<br>
Dave Stahl <br>
<br>
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