Thanks Ed, Jack, My impression was also economy. Kind of Wurlitzery. Client just wanted to make sure they weren't parting with a hidden gem. ;-] William R. Monroe > > Hello William, > > I am indeed familiar with this type of bridge and > agraffe "clips". Seeing them the first time I thought > they would not work. New strings were installed and > the "Clips" worked well. On the tri-cord clips had > a hole for the center string and each of the out side > wires hooked on the outside "ear hooks" of the > "clip". They were held in place with only one screw. > This had to be much cheaper than the brass agraffes > as found on other pianos such as the Sohmer. > These were just stamped out from a flat sheet of medal. > > Many of these grand pianos had an actual picture > of Mr. Schumann on the plate. > > Hope his helps. > Jack Wyatt > > > > In a message dated 2/27/2009 10:36:01 A.M. Central Standard Time, bill > @ a440piano.net writes: > > Anyone in Europe (or here) familiar with one of these? With bridge > agraffes. Wondering if it is unique in any way. > Also wondering where I might find serial number? Checked all the > usual suspects. Thanks > > > > > > > > William R. Monroe > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090227/ca219d89/attachment.html>
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