That is interesting on the serial number, anyone know why? James Grebe Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups, piano benches, writing instruments (314) 608-4137 WWW.JamesGrebe.com 1526 Raspberry Lane Arnold, MO 63010 BECOME WHAT YOU BELIEVE! pianoman@accessus.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Porritt, David" <dporritt@mail.smu.edu> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 9:31 AM Subject: RE: "CC' > Steve: > > We have a Mason & Hamlin CC here at SMU purchased new in the early '80s > and the serial number is 1795. That would mean that they built 105 CCs > in that +/- 10 year span. They were making about 1,000 pianos per year > in all the other models. That would make CCs about 1% of their output > so I guess that's possible. > > I never did figure out why they had a totally different serial number > series for the CC either. > > dave > > David M. Porritt > dporritt@smu.edu > > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On > Behalf Of Steve Grattan > Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 8:16 AM > To: Pianotech > Subject: Re: "CC' > > Hi Jim, > > I was serial number 1690, built in (we think) the 1970's. I am from > Port > Huron, MI - sixty miles north of Detroit. We did a complete rebuilding > - > soundboard, bridges, action (Renner) and all. It is an impressive > piano. > > Steve Garttan > Lost Chord Clinic > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Grebe" <pianoman@accessus.net> > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 5:59 PM > Subject: Re: "CC' > > >> Hi Steve, >> What part of the country are you in and what year was it from? >> Jim >> James Grebe >> Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair >> Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups, piano benches, writing > instruments >> (314) 608-4137 >> WWW.JamesGrebe.com >> 1526 Raspberry Lane >> Arnold, MO 63010 >> BECOME WHAT YOU BELIEVE! >> pianoman@accessus.net >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Steve Grattan" <lostchordclinic@ameritech.net> >> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> >> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 7:20 AM >> Subject: Re: "CC' >> >> >> > Good morning, >> > >> > I completely rebuilt a CC three years ago and it only had one > tension >> > resonator. >> > >> > Steve Grattan, Associate >> > Lost Chord Clinic >> > >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "James Grebe" <pianoman@accessus.net> >> > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> >> > Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 7:55 AM >> > Subject: "CC' >> > >> > >> >> Good morning all, >> >> Just got my Feb issue of the Music Trades Mag. It has a multi page >> >> spread >> >> on the Mason & Hamlin and a pic of the underside of the new "CC". > with > a >> >> DOUBLE Centripetal Tension Resonator in place. Since I have NEVER > seen >> >> an >> >> old M&H CC I wonder for those of you who have, did the originals > have a >> >> single ones like all the rest? I have been turned on by M&H's > since > my >> >> beginning in 1962 and used to own a 20's "A' till, the big D hit in > 1999. >> >> Today I have a "A' from the Aeolian years to tune and has been a > client >> > for >> >> many years now. >> >> James Grebe >> >> Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair >> >> Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups, piano benches, writing >> > instruments >> >> (314) 608-4137 >> >> WWW.JamesGrebe.com >> >> 1526 Raspberry Lane >> >> Arnold, MO 63010 >> >> BECOME WHAT YOU BELIEVE! >> >> pianoman@accessus.net >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> >> >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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