This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Wanamaker sounds like a would be piano builder...;-] David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, California Original message From: "Debra Feiger" To: pianotech@ptg.org Received: 10/13/2005 1:54:13 AM Subject: Bass bridge cracks and piano age I am new to this list and thank you in advance for your replies. I hav= e a new client with an old John Wanamaker grand piano. It was her chil= dhood piano and her mother recently passed away. She does not have the= money to restore the piano but would like to keep it and play it for s= entimental reasons. The pins were loose in some sections, many of the= bass strings had no tone and, with a flashlight in the poorly lit room= , I saw a number of cracks on the bass bridge. The bridge pins did not= appear to be loose. I am able to give the client her options in terms = of the action work needed, the choices for repairing/replacing the pin = block, stringing options, regulation choices. I need help with the opt= ions and prices for repairing/replacing the bass bridge and perhaps the= treble bridge and the other parallel work necessary as a result. Als= o, I was trying to find the exact age! from the serial number 24745, bu= t could only find that John Wanamaker was affiliated with Schomacker Pi= ano Co. There was no info on serial #'s for this company. If the seria= l #'s are under the same system as the Schomacker Piano Co. (which I wo= uld think they are) then the piano dates somewhere betwee 1885 and 1890. The client thought it was more l= ike 1930s. Any ideas from this list? Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/78/45/4d/75/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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