Dae Woo piano questions

[Greg Newell]

Um ..... quote high!!!!

Greg Newell



At 11:36 PM 9/4/2002, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I had a quick look at a 5' grand today that I promised to come back 
>to.  This lady just bought it used and I am concerned about a couple of things.
>
>First of all, the cat she bought it from said he bought it new seven years 
>ago and it was rarely played.  Well, just by the glance I had I think it 
>is older and it was obviously played often.  The hammers are grooved and 
>it is obvious that someone replaced three bass strings. A fourth is 
>missing still.
>
>The piano is a "Willis & Sons" stencil made by Dae Woo.  I have had the 
>good fortune to avoid these until now.  It is a model G-1A, serial 
>#8610195.  My Pierce Atlas dates back to the Reagan administration.  Does 
>anyone know when this piano was built?
>
>Also, the broken bass string that is missing, there is still the coil of 
>the original wire on the pin.  (broken at the agraff of course) Where the 
>string went through the agraff, the string is worn FLAT.  I don't mean a 
>little.  It looks like it was flattened with a hammer on an anvil.  I have 
>never seen wear like this.  What in the world did this?  Is this why they 
>have been breaking?  Are all the strings going to be like this?  I have 
>seen the common stress or wear on a string before but this is really extreme.
>
>As always, I appreciate everyone's help.
>
>chris
>--
>Christopher D. Purdy R.P.T.
>School of Music, Ohio University
>Athens, Ohio  45701
>(740) 593-1656
>fax (740) 593-1429
>purdy@ohiou.edu

Greg Newell
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