Schiedmayer Pinblock

[David Ilvedson]

Well, of course, if you figured out the time you spent on the duplicating
the decal, a "store bought" decal from Decals Unlimited might very well be
a steal!  Could be worth it for the experience though...

David I.

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On 6/20/01 at 9:36 PM Graeme Harvey wrote:

>Hi David,
>
>>I'm currently estimating a job involving restringing and replacing the
>>pinblock on a 100-year-old Schiedmayer Grand.  I have not opened one of
>>these up before and would like to know if anybody has experience with
this
>>piano to know if there is anything unusual about the fitting.
>
>
>I did work to one of these last year. The plate had little clearance
>especially near the prop stick area.
>Otherwise no problem. I replaced plank in sections, ie routed out old
plank
>and epoxied inserts in.
>The bass section is stepped slightly from the remainder, the plank (on the
>model I worked on) was very well attached to the stretcher and checked
into
>the case at each side hence my decision to replace sections. I have photos
>(non-digital) of the process. I fitted sections (must be firm fit) dry and
>replaced plate to mark for drilling which was then done on the drill press
>outside the piano.
>For this method I don't drill right through at first so glue doesn't
>squeeze
>up into holes, epoxy into place and finish drilling by hand.
>
>Overall it turned out well. I also photographed the large decal and had a
>friend refine on a computer then produced as a water transfer. It was fun
>fitting such a large water transfer as they are super-fragile but after 4
>or
>5 transfers I had it laid out well. (I had 15 or so run off knowing it
>would
>be tricky) I still have some left if they are of interest or I could get
>the
>image scanned and send it if you want to get one produced. Decals
Unlimited
>were going to charge way too much especially as our $ only buys US$0.42c.
>We refinished the case, replaced the action stack (Renner) restrung etc.
>Customer is very happy and is thinking of getting another old piano but
>bigger for similar work to be done.
>
>Other than that I don't recall any out of the ordinary problems, except
low
>pinblock meaning action clearance was less than in most modern grands.
>
>Hope this helps. Email privately for any further info.
>
>Regards,
>
>Graeme Harvey
>New Plymouth
>New Zealand