> From: DMCKECH <DMCKECH@ithaca.edu> > To: PIANOTECH@byu.edu > Subject: concrete rim > Date: Thursday, January 23, 1997 6:21 AM > > Hello List, > > In keeping with the thread of odd materials used in piano construction, has > anyone ever seen a grand piano that had a concrete rim? I ran into one back > in the seventies but unfortunately any record I had on this is missing. The > piano was located in a home near Reading, PA. > > I remember noticing a strange rim separation during the inspection. Further > investigation revealed that the rim was not made of wood. I spoke to an old > timer in the area and he replied yes, that company made concrete rims. > Anybody out there know what company this was? > > Don McKechnie > Ithaca College > dmckech@ithaca.edu It must have been a Stoneway. Myler, Tom "It's what you learn AFTER you know it all that counts"
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