<!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 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000080 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=JWyatt1492@AOL.COM href="mailto:JWyatt1492@AOL.COM">JWyatt1492@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> September 23, 2001 2:56 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Brambach ???</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>.... The = unvarnished truth is that there <BR>are " THREE  DIFFERENT "  Brambach grands. = <BR>Three different scales, three different sizes. <HR> </FONT></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2><FONT face="Lucida = Sans" color=#000080 size=3></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080>So, Jack, what can you tell us about the = various Brambach pianos? The only ones I've encountered had actions with a bunch = of wire parts in them that didn't work all that well. Oh, yes, and the one with = the tenor bridge that went pretty much all the way to the end of the rim = that I couldn't make a decent scale out of no matter how hard I = tried.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080>It has been my impression that Brambach was = determined to build a grand piano that the masses could afford, and in that he was successful. These were not pianos intended to be rebuilt lo these many = decades later.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080>Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080>Del</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>