Hi Jeanie, Have a look here: http://www.pianorestoring.com/Schomacker/Schomacker.htm At 08:27 AM 5/15/02 -0700, you wrote: >Hi everyone, >Yesterday I had a new discovery: It was a small Schomacker grand built >in 1923. At first glance I thought someone had sprayed the plate and >ALL of the strings, because they were all gold (or brass-, or yellow, >etc.)-colored. All the plain wires and even the bass strings, core and >wrappings. They sounded dull with only minimum sustain. On closer >inspection, it looked like the piano had been restrung and this was the >actual color of the strings. In 23 years, I've never seen this before. >I don't recall any discussion on it either. > >Can anyone enlighten me? Is this what Mapes gold is all about? > >jeannie > >Jeannie Grassi, RPT >Associate Editor, Piano Technicians Journal >mailto:jgrassi@silverlink.net > > > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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