[Joseph Garrett]

The Piano was made in 1910. Most of the Conovers I have seen use basically
standard parts, available from Piano suppy houses. Need help, keep me in
mind -Joe Garrett
----- Original Message -----
From: Stephen Dunn <stevedunn1@email.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 1:55 PM


> Hello.  I just "inherited" an old vertical piano with a house I just
bought.
> Apparently, the seller thought it too useless to bother moving or
otherwise
> disposing of.  As for me, I love it, and since I like to do things with my
> hands, I want to try to replace/restore the basic working parts (felt,
> hammers, etc), but I don't know where to look for the best-priced
> new/replacement ones.  Can you help?
>
> It's a Conover, and I cannot tell exactly when it was made, but the main
> cast body inside has a 6-digit number near the top which I take to be its
> number off the manufacture line, something in the neighborhood of 153,000.
> It also has 4 patent years stamped/cast into it, the most recent of which
is
> in the 1880's.  Any assistance in pointing me toward a good parts resource
> would be helpful and appreciated.  Thanks.
>
> Steve.
>
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