Henry F. Miller

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Sat, 26 Nov 2005 10:26:56 EST


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Daniel
   Tokiwa makes a wide range of fine parts for many  old upright. Forget 
scavenging. The potential tone production of the   piano, is for me, the deal 
breaker of to rebuild or not. If it sings with  the old parts then  the sound 
simply gets better with new parts. 
  Honestly if an old upright has a great singing board,  I'll take that piano 
in rebuilt condition over almost any new upright out  there  today, that by 
in large has a clangy raspy thin sound, either via  it's smaller size or 
petrified felt hammers.
  We've rebuilt some beauties this year for musicians who  state they don't 
play on pianos this good out in the world!!!
 
  Dale Erwin

Hi  All

I looked over an old Henry F. Miller full upright a few days ago  and the 
owner would like to have it restored. Serial #39226 (1910). He  just doesn't 
want to pay a few thousand dollars to do it. He wanted to  know how available 
the parts might be, even from other old HFM uprights. I  told him I'd check, 
but I didn't think that would be very successful or  cost effective to try 
that route. But he wanted me to ask anyway, so if  anyone knows of any full 
actions from that same period that he might be  able to purchase and salvage 
parts from let me  know.

Thanks
Daniel Carlton





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