1876 S&S Upright

[Ken Jankura]

At 11:17 PM 10/3/98 -0400, you wrote:
>At 09:39 PM 10/3/98 -0400, you wrote:
>>    Dear List,     &             Thanks,   Bob Sadowski Erie, PA 
>
> Bob, I have on the back burner an 1887 S&S upright I've restrung, hammers,
>etc. which also had the front board replaced with one from another piano
>instead of the latticework. I happened to see an exact model in an
>Architectural Digest a year or so ago, and was disheartened to see how
>beautifully and intricately carved the original was. Kind a took the wind
>out of my sails. Can't afford to pay someone to do it, can't do it myself.
>I have an 1877 Rosewood S&S, a little shorter but 88 note as well,
>untouched in the bowels of the shop, and the lattice is much plainer,
>probably could be copied by a good woodworker. I could send dimensions,
>possibly a picture though no camera at the moment.  Ken
> 
 
    Bob, I found the old issue of Arch. Dig., Sept. 96, page 174. This is
the fancier of the two S&Ss I have, the 1887. I'll try to get dimensions on
the 1877 for you.  Ken