Rebuild Project - suggestions?

Avery avery1@houston.rr.com
Wed, 12 Oct 2005 14:52:20 -0500


Vertical? Grand?

Avery
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ben Henny" <benhenny@hotmail.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 2:24 PM
Subject: Rebuild Project - suggestions?


> I have a new, old Howard that I'm going to bring back to life, and I'm not
> sure exactly how far I want to go with it. I'll start with replacing some
> felts and regulating the action, which shouldn't be too hard, and see
where
> I can go from there. My only concern is the pin block, which doesn't
appear
> to be damaged, although the pins have been doped. I'm really considering
new
> pins and strings for it, which would really bring life to it. It sounds
> pretty good as-is.
>
> At any rate, it will be a fun learning experience and will help my
> confidence when I rebuild that old Mason & Hamlin. I've taken some photos
> and plan to document my progress. Here's where I'm posting them:
>
> http://benhen2.tollfreepage.com/piano/
>
> Hopefully, these will be the "before" photos to go with my "after" ones.
>
> Any advice or suggestions?
>
>
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