<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d8ffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear List</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have been working on an ols S & S = lately, only to make it work. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It came out so well that the customer = is asking me to restring and change hammers / tuning pins and dampers. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The only thing I did to the  piano = was to brush the hammers, change all centerpins and regulate, and the = difference was so big, the customer asked me what else shoud be done. Bass strings = specially the first octave are dead, in the treble part it had lots of broken strings, = so I suggested to restring the piano, Hammers have been brushed several = times, so I consuder better to change them. Here are my questions.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I could not locate the piano serial if = anyone has it</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1.- Steinway and Sons it says EBONIZED = and serial is 120576  anyone knows when was built ? </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2.- I am planing to order all action = parts to Renner USA. now Where would be a good place to have the Bass Strings = made. ?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you in advance</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Elian = Degen</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>