something new every day

[Delwin D Fandrich]

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> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On
> Behalf Of Nichols
> Sent: April 20, 2004 6:06 AM
> To: Pianotech
> Subject: Re: something new every day
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>
> Ron,
>     Doubt the hoist point theory. Not the strongest place, and with the
> plate in the belly, no room around the bridges to get the nuts in place,
or
> remove. Had to be secured before install, and pray they never loosen up?
> What a rattle that would be. All I can think of is that this particular
> piano, in the factory, was temporarily fitted with a mechanism that
> precluded the placement of the regular beams that would catch those
screws.
> There was a channel roughed out of the keybed, also, but not under the
rear
> of the keys, as in player mechanism. Pretty much just forward of the
> balance rail. No other visible mounting holes in the inside of the rim.
> Weird. Fun. Odd.  Like.... us, no? %^)>
>
> Guy
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We've come across this "feature" on several pianos. (And not just grands.)
Most recently we found it on one of two Knabe 7' 8" (or something) grands we
did back to back. They were built about two years apart. The first (and
oldest) had an open-faced pinblock and normal nosebolts. The second had a
closed in pinblock (obviously a rather crude modification of the original
plate pattern) and two nosebolts with nowhere to go -- the location of the
bellybraces had changed. Presumably a running design change in which plates
intended for an earlier design were being used up.

I have also encountered this feature in pianos that had been modified at the
factory for various reproducer mechanisms. During the modification various
bellybraces are either cut out or left out.

Del