Info on 1890 Ivers and Ponds piano

Farrell mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
Sun, 19 May 2002 23:13:50 -0400


OK. Fair enough. Can you provide a few details about your recrowning of soundboards? Do you remove the board from the rim? Do you remove all ribs? How do you reshape ribs? Thanks.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "D.L. Bullock" <dlbullock@att.net>
To: "Pianotech@Ptg. Org" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 7:49 PM
Subject: Re: Info on 1890 Ivers and Ponds piano


> 
> You wrote:
> <What kind of dollars are these? U.S.? I have heard a few quotes in this
> range, but I don't see <how to do it properly for anything below about $12K.
> That's in U.S. dollars. Now we stated <".....looks and sounds exactly like
> Grandma saw and heard it when she bought it new." I'm <assuming it looks and
> sounds that way because it IS like when Grandma bought it new. New
> <everything.
> 
> Yes, US Dollars are what we use in St. Louis.  Yes, new most
> everything."Every flange, pin, bushing, spring...felt"
> 
> <(inc. all the little damper thingees),>
> 
> We replace all damper levers spring flange and all.
> 
SNIP
> 
> D.L. Bullock
> www.thepianoworld.com
> St. Louis
> 
> 
> 
> 


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