Hi list, We have a circa 1970 Rutkowski & Robinette. Does anyone know if they are still building and/or any contact information. It has some loose tuning pins that do not appear to be in a wood pin block of any sort. More like some sort of composite material. Some look like tuning pin bushings that are on top of the block surface. They have a tendency to crack when driving the pin in further. A few strings need replacing now and I would suspect restrings would be nice if bringing this once fine instrument back to performance level. We have a new faculty that wants to use it with historical temperaments in performance and also some recording. Thanks, Henry Nicolaides, Piano Technician SIU School of Music 1000 S. Normal Avenue Carbondale, Illinois 62901 email: henryn at siu.edu _________________________________________________________________ Rediscover Hotmail®: Get e-mail storage that grows with you. http://windowslive.com/RediscoverHotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Rediscover_Storage2_042009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut_ptg.org/attachments/20090422/73e60233/attachment.html>
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