<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman" LANG="0"><I>In a message dated 9/13/2002 6:27:43 AM Pacific Daylight Time, nhunt@optonline.net writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Subj:<B>J C Fischer - New York </B><BR>
Date:9/13/2002 6:27:43 AM Pacific Daylight Time<BR>
From:<A HREF="mailto:nhunt@optonline.net">nhunt@optonline.net</A><BR>
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Newton</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman" LANG="0"> You are so right. Been there done that and would do it again. Wonderful piano!<BR>
Dale Erwin</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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Last night I saw an interesting piano, a 1910 Fischer maybe about 58"<BR>
tall, maybe 5'.<BR>
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I got a desperate call from this lady who says the previous tuner ruined<BR>
her piano because not the keys rattled and the tone was muffled on some<BR>
notes and it didn't sound that way before. Since she lives one block<BR>
and one house away I went over to take a look see.<BR>
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I spent some time talking to her, filing three hammers, adjusting the<BR>
pedals for silence, tweaking this and that. <BR>
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Some interesting features:<BR>
Lost motion compensater<BR>
Bass hammers cut both side, top and bottom<BR>
Solid metal pedal levers that use adjustable pivot ends<BR>
28 bass<BR>
No bass cut off bar<BR>
Treble bridge hooked back up :(<BR>
Brass rail for the butt pins :(<BR>
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What a fabulously fabricated Fischer. They tried to make a wonderful<BR>
piano and they succeeded marvelously.<BR>
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Next week I will file the hammers (what's left of them), tighten all the<BR>
screws, and adjust the lost motion and touch up the tuning. <BR>
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What it really needs:<BR>
Hammers,<BR>
Damper felts<BR>
Regulation<BR>
Keytops (replace old replacements)<BR>
New bass strings (with new scale)<BR>
Maybe new pins (restringing)<BR>
Refinishing<BR>
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None of which she can afford.<BR>
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Sometimes you run across one of those old monsters that are worth<BR>
preserving and delightful to work upon. Such is the case here.<BR>
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Have a fantastic weekend everyone!<BR>
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Newton<BR>
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