Spread-Cheeks Wurlie

[Dave Nereson]

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  From: Z! Reinhardt=20
  To: Pianotech=20
  Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 7:59 AM
  Subject: Spread-Cheeks Wurlie


  Hi Everyone!
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  Just for the amusement value ....
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  Have any of you tried servicing a "Juke-Box" style Wurlitzer spinet?  =
Shall we say politely, that getting the thing opened up for servicing =
was counter-intuitive at best.  When all was said and done short of =
smashing case parts, the sides which curved around and formed about 2/3 =
of the front swung outward giving it the "spread-cheeks" look.  =
Comically strange.
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  Too bad the piano itself was nothing to write home about -- bad =
pinblock, blown-out bridges, etc. ... clinically dead but it was an =
heirloom so I did what I could to improve it without blowing out the =
budget.  (Sorry -- I didn't have a camera with me.  Maybe next time.)
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  Z! Reinhardt  RPT
  Ann Arbor  MI
  diskladame@provide.net

  Yes, Wurtilizer [sic] had a bad reputation for making pianos that were =
difficult to get into, having panels that were Chinese puzzles to =
remove, etc., then they changed that (not 'til the 70's or 80's) and ran =
an ad campaign in the Journal showing how they were now "open for =
business".   The thing I hate on most Wurlies is the "ledge" or "shelf" =
in the plate casting that prevents getting a temerament strip in very =
far, especially just above the mid-treble break. =20
      Then there are the pianos (maybe not all of them Wurlitzers) that =
have the non-full length bottom panel.  You can get to the pedals to =
adjust lost motion all right, but if a pedal rod (dowel) comes off a =
trap lever, or if you have to remove trap levers for any reason, they're =
a long awkward reach thru the cobwebs in the dark to get at!!      David =
Nereson, RPT, Denver

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