Old Steinway upright

[Newton Hunt]

Correction to previous posts.

Wippens with two sizes of extensions to heel available,
Butts ae available
Double flanges are available
Damper levers are available.

Not available are:
proper damper blocks (use old or barrels and blocks)
Stickers
action nuts
dowel capstans
action rails (blanks are available from S&S)
Misc. parts and bits and pieces.

Newton Hunt wrote:
> 
> I have seen one.  Question:  Does this piano have the tubular rails or
> wooden rails like most pianos.
> In any event parts are available and will fit if it is a metal rail.
> Wooden rails may require some different arrangement.  So the question
> becomes, is this piano worth restoring because the cost of parts is 4
> times what similar parts would cost for any other upright.
> 
> The parts are available from Brooks Limited.  I have done two and
> working on my third.
> 
>                 Newton
> 
> "John Lillico, RPT" wrote:
> >
> > >From my message of January 15:
> >
> > >What is the availability of parts? I've never seen the likes of a
> > damper >"spoon" which is a slightly curved wooden thing glued into a
> > groove near >the back of the whip. (Where else)!
> >
> > This piano is circa. 1870.  Ever seen one?
> >
> > John Lillico,
> > Oakville, Canada