I've got one in my shop...I got it about 20 years ago. I have been intending to rebuild it for about the same number of years. It is pea green also but I thought the previous owner might have painted it. Factory? David I. -----Original Message----- From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Ron Nossaman Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 4:17 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Wurlitzer / 2 Hi all, I got a real "treat" yesterday morning. Tuned a teeny-tiny Wurlitzer, which is the first one of these I've seen that I recall. At first I couldn't tell if it was just very small, or very far away, until I bruised my knee. Turned out it was very small, for all the good that does my knee. It's 61 notes, like a pump organ, but the compass is from C to C, rather that the usual F to F of an organ. Bass is 18 notes, from C to F with seven monochords, and the rest bichords. From there on up are plain wire trichords! From what I've seen in other itty bitty pianos, I had expected a few wound bichords in the low tenor, and plain wire bichords the rest of the way. It tuned up real pretty, considering my expectations, and sounded better than most of the low end consoles that seem to be everywhere you look. I was pleasantly surprised all around. The action (full blow, no drop) even worked reasonably well considering the almost total lack of maintenance through the years. The keytops were a tad strange though. I'd describe the color and pattern as "Egg Drop Pea Soup". She said they were original... Weird, but kind of neat. Ron N
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