Hofbauer Piano

[Elian Degen]

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Hola Jon


I take it, that the wire witht he felt on the tip is to lift the
>damper.

Right, The damper assembly is on top, and those wires lift the dampers

>how does the hammer pivot?

On the back, attached to the key bed there is an assembly which acts as =
the
escape system, it is attached to the keybed by a very thin sheet of wood
which allows them to bounce from back to front. The escape system is on =
top
and is shaped in such a way that at rest it slides on top of the lower =
part
that you see at the bottom of the hammer, when you press the key the =
hammer
will lift until it slides out. As i dont have the precise vocabulary I =
am
sending you a drawing I hope you understand it. The braking assembly is
mounted on a transversal piece of wood and stops the hammer at a =
shoulder.

After seeing the action, I feel this is not even a piano, it seems to be
what they used to call Forte Piano.


>
>If the tuning pins are tigh, what needs to be restored?
>Especially if no one plays it? ?

Wrong, my clients daughter is taking piano lessons on this piano !!!

I proposed them to clean all the piano, it has a lot of rust on the =
tunning
pins and strings, the keys in the centre and front they used leather =
instead
of felt, but it is so old that is wrinkled and cracked so it has a lot =
of
side play in the keyboard.

Somewhere in time someone took the piano and VARNISHED IT !!..

The only thing that bothers me is that when I see a piano like this one, =
and
the people accepts it, I like to replace everithyng with original parts =
or
at least use a technique similar to the one used on those days, that is =
why,
if I can find out when was the piano made, then I can use a simmilar
procedure to repair it.


>
>Jon Page
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