mehlin

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

Ron Nossaman wrote:

> 
> Do, please. All the anomalies that's phit to photo.
> 
>>     Any of youze belly heads worked on one of these?
>>     Tom Driscoll RPT
> 
> Not worked on them, but I've seen ( I think I remember it being a 
> Mehlin) one with the steeply graded soundboard, about 4" lower in the 
> tail, with the "drain" cutout in the tail curve outside rib #1.
> Ron N


We've got a 1918 vintage 6'4" one here.
-Sloped soundboard with good drainage,
-string plane also rises to the rear,
-sloped fallboard with gently rounded rear of sharps (6' piano in a 6'4" 
case),
-action firmly screwed in place with center pedal raising the hammers 
for "soft pedal",
-wire bale handle for pulling heavily leaded action
-no half sizes in original scale

-- 
Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician
Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045
1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076

- Right now, I'm hoping to live until my age matches my golf score,
- Until then, I'll have to be content to have my IQ match my handicap.