wow, that is indeed a beauty! I wouldn't mind having that in my living room ... :) Hey, quick question: I thought this sized piano would be considered a console - did I screw up my definitions ? (or are they too narrow) Thanks for the pic, Anna Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 21:35:14 -0500 > From: Terry Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com> > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Wurlitzer Spinet key rail removal > Message-ID: <7CA4DCAC-C630-41F9-9667-5F9B1A40667D at tampabay.rr.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; Format="flowed"; > DelSp="yes" > > Any chance problem piano looks something like the gleaming beauty > pictured below???? > > > > Who has been badmouthing these old Wurlys? Hey they and the old > Baldwin Acrosonics - both when they had the separate capstan rail > (what do you call that extra rail?) - were among the best of the > little crap spinets! I've certainly seen/serviced worse. > > I love how this thing opens up - if you take off all the hinged > panels, there's nothing left but the back/soundboard/plate/bottom > board/keybed assembly - everything is exposed. Pretty cool actually. > > The Wurly pictured above - the owner - an elderly lady - grew up with > the piano, and it was in reasonably functional shape. I refurbished > the insides (full regulation, hammer filing, etc.) and had it > refinished and polished the brass (check out them pedals!) - put new > grill cloth in the kneeboard, etc., etc. for a POS, its a great > little piano! I enjoy my service call every time she calls me to tune > this little beauty! > > Terry Farrell > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: pr001-01.jpg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 35969 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: < > http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100204/4c5de295/attachment.jpg > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100204/00f67a96/attachment.htm>
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