<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 2/17/2004 7:39:23 PM Pacific Standard Time, A440A@ao= l.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>Greetings, <BR>   Maybe it was Valen= tines, maybe it was a fever, but in any event, I am now <BR>the owner of a S= ohmer grand piano.  It is the "Cupid Model".  Yep, the name is <BR= >cast right there in the plate. <BR>   Made in 1927, it has a slig= htly art deco case, perfect ivory, had has <BR>never been played.  I ha= ve a buyer at 5 times my purchase price, so will be <BR>restringing and prob= ably putting in a block.  Nice looking board and good sound.  <BR>= However...... <BR>    This piano has agraffes on most of the trebl= e bridge, set in a cut-out <BR>notch in the front half of the bridge, which = allows the strings to pass through <BR>the agraffe and also bear on the brid= ge itself.  Duh,  I have never seen <BR>anything like this, but I = bet someone on the list has. If so,  is there anything in <BR>particula= r that I should know or is it as straightforward as it looks?  <BR>Than= ks, </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4>      Ed</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4>    Seen/worked on  a few & own = one.  As often stated the sohmers are frequently a salad bowl soundboar= d with positive bearing thru the agraffe design. It doesn't seem to be compl= icated. The bass & treble usually have the usual arragement of bridge pi= ns. No trick ponies and the arrangement seems to work well. It takes more ti= me to string though.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"= >Erwins Pianos Restorations <BR>4721 Parker Rd.<BR>Modesto, Ca 95357<BR>209-= 577-8397<BR>Rebuilt Steinway , Mason &Hamlin Sales</FONT></DIV></BODY></= HTML>