<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Alan and List</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes, I had one of these - and restrung = it.... Yes, it had oblong pis and they <EM>were</EM> threaded. I used fine grit sand = paper in tube shape (grit side out) to make the wrest pins = tight when I restrung this little fish-tail bicorda grand. There's a board along the = entire length of the action with a key-hole opening. On this was punched the = name of the craftsman who made the action. I found getting those dampers in and = out to be the most difficult part - for they're screwed in to the damper = lever block and some are right next to the girder bars.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G.(UK)</FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=alanforsyth@fortune4.fsnet.co.uk href="mailto:alanforsyth@fortune4.fsnet.co.uk">Alan Forsyth</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> Tuesday, April 05, 2005 = 9:55 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Strange = bridge</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Hmmm, my goodness, we are becoming an obstreperous bunch of sceptics lately :-)</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I know because my mentors knew from = their mentors. We come across many of these instruments that are in their = original state.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Here is a photo of Broadwood no J7024 = which I assume is circa 1870, in it's original state except one bass single = has been replaced. All the bass section has the windings going through the = bridge and the monochords have their booties on.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:08de01c53adc$9aa5f230$0100a8c0@MICHAEL" align=baseline border=0></FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Here is a picture of the same piano at = the other end. You can see that the bass only has 3 sets of bichords and from = there up to the break it is all wound trichords, which I referred to earlier as = the easiest wound trichords to tune that I have come across. Notice also = the bass soundboard cutoff bar. This piano by the way has those dreaded = threaded pins, and to add insult to injury, they are oblong.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 = src="cid:08df01c53adc$9aa5f230$0100a8c0@MICHAEL" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>This piano is still used regularly at = the Edinburgh Festival and in recordings. Now, don't ask me how I know = that! (Hint; because I have to tune the bloody thing)</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>AF</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>----- Original Message ----- </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>From: "Richard Moody" = <</FONT></STRONG><A href="mailto:remoody@midstatesd.net"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>remoody@midstatesd.net</FONT></STRONG></A><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>></FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>To: "'Pianotech'" = <</FONT></STRONG><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></STRONG></A><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>></FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 4:46 AM</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Subject: RE: Strange bridge</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><BR><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></STRONG></DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>> <BR>> <BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> = From: </FONT></STRONG><A = href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org"><STRONG><FONT = face=Arial>pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</FONT></STRONG></A><STRONG><FONT face=Arial> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf<BR>> Of = Alan Forsyth<BR>> Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 2:07 AM<BR>> To: Pianotech<BR>> Subject: Re: Strange bridge<BR>> <BR>> Alan = wrote.... about felt in bass strings through the bridge. <BR>> "this is how = they were done at the factory at the time, and all <BR>> rebuilders actually duplicate it when the time comes for restringing."<BR>> <BR>> I = would like to know how you know that.  And what year piano we are talking<BR>> about?      Richard = Moody<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>></FONT></STRONG> </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>