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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Allan, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Do look and see if there is a slot that =
allows
removal/disengagement of the action parts without unscrewing all those =
parts.
There could be a connection sort of like a Baldwin drop action
connection.</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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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=tune4u@earthlink.net =
href="mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net">Alan</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> Sunday, August 03, 2003 =
2:26
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Handsome Old Timer =
Needs
Bridgework</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828084319-03082003><FONT face=Arial>Evaluated a =
1900 Haines
Bros. upright yesterday. Many quality features evident in the action,
etc. Magnificent case with beautiful carvings and moldings--all =
intact.
The only cabinet damage is areas of veneerial disease (chipped off
pieces) along the bottom of each side.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828084319-03082003><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828084319-03082003><FONT face=Arial>Some unusual
things:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828084319-03082003><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828084319-03082003><FONT face=Arial>Has stickers =
about 4"
long that attach to the wippen AND the key with center pins =
through
birds' eyes. There are no capstans, per se, but the stickers =
attach to
short rocker arms at the back of the key. Each rocker (?) has two =
adjustment screws . </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828084319-03082003><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828084319-03082003><FONT face=Arial>The =
action brackets
attach to the long frame bolts in the usual way but are also screwed =
down to
the key bed, four brackets with two screws each. So removing the =
action
requires removing 4 bolts and 184 screws, most of which cannot be =
reached with
an electric screwdriver! Some will need to be loosened with an offset
screwdriver then taken out by hand and the screws at the back of the =
action
brackets require a screwdrive that can reach all the way down =
through the
action. Removing the keys requires unscrewing 176 very inconvenient =
screws.
Sheesh.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828084319-03082003></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828084319-03082003><FONT face=Arial>The wound =
bass strings
are steel, I believe, because under the dampers they are very shiny =
but
definitely silver colored, not brass, and they appear a little =
skinnier than
one might expect. Restrung during WWII is my guess. Oddly, =
though, if you
take them down and beat on them to loosen the dirt and stuff, they =
sound
pretty darn good! </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828084319-03082003></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828084319-03082003><FONT face=Arial>The bass =
strings do not
turn around pins at the top, as is so common in modern pianos. =
They have
their own pressure bar and v-bar. The pins are in-line so the =
strings are
dead straight from the bridge to the tuning pins.</FONT> <FONT
face=Arial>There are 6 thin wound trichords on the long bridge and =
plain wire
from E3 up.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828084319-03082003><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828084319-03082003><FONT face=Arial>There are no =
collars
around the tuning pins. The prospective buyer asked if that was a bad =
thing
and I just said, "Well Steinway doesn't use them."</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828084319-03082003><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828084319-03082003><FONT face=Arial>Pin block is =
tunable but
not tight--may be a problem in the dry season. There is a stain that =
suggests
it was doped at one time and the spilled stuff was wiped off (more =
like
"smeared around") with a rag. I'm thinking that it's a good candidate =
for CA,
especially since it has no collars.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828084319-03082003><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828084319-03082003><FONT face=Arial>Keytops are =
in great
shape, maybe slightly yellowed, no chips or splits. One-piece tops. =
Not ivory,
not modern plastic. Probably not original, either. Ivorine? Might be =
old
plastic from the 60's or something.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828084319-03082003><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828084319-03082003><FONT face=Arial>This piano =
might be a
hobbyist or rebuilder's dream but I will just be making it work =
for the
owner's children to take lessons on. They are buying it for $350 if I =
don't
scare them with problems and costs.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828084319-03082003><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828084319-03082003><FONT face=Arial>Soundboard, =
ribs, frame,
plate all damage free. Long bridge has one tiny eyelash crack and =
one
kinda big one. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828084319-03082003><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828084319-03082003><FONT face=Arial>The bass =
bridge,
however, is a mess. It is doglegged with eleven monochords along =
a
horizontal section and 14 bichord pairs on a section that angles up =
about 20
degrees. It is capped and the cap, at least, is all cracked up with =
severe
splits, not surprisingly, at the dogleg bend, where it is also slighty =
seperated from the bridge. It all sits on an apron with about a 6 inch =
offset.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828084319-03082003><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828084319-03082003><FONT face=Arial>I've never =
recapped a
bridge or made a new one and I don't want to start with this baby. =
Anyone who
might be interested in doing this for me, please email me privately =
with an
estimate and any information you need, etc. <A
href="mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net">tune4u@earthlink.net</A>
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828084319-03082003><FONT
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828084319-03082003><FONT face=Arial>Also, anyone =
with some
knowledge or experience on this brand from this era, please share =
your
thoughts. It really appears to have been a high-end piano even though, =
at that
time, they were constructed for Haines Bros. by Winter & Co. (pre =
Aeolian,
natch').</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828084319-03082003><FONT face=Arial>If you want =
to replace
steel-wound strings, do the string makers know how to make equivalents =
in
brass?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=828084319-03082003></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan R. =
Barnard</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV>
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