... which makes me just HAVE to ask... Del, are you looking for an apprentice?? Brian To: pianotech at ptg.org Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2010 11:17:50 -0500 From: erwinspiano at aol.com Subject: Re: [pianotech] Brambach to rebuild? When the student is ready....the master will appear!....or in this case ...when the master is ready the student will appear! Dale S. Erwin -----Original Message----- From: Delwin D Fandrich <del at fandrichpiano.com> The 5’ 8” only. The rest become planters. Would it come complete with an apprentice? Or would that be an option…. ddf Delwin D Fandrich Piano Design & Fabrication 620 South Tower Avenue Centralia, Washington 98531 USA del at fandrichpiano.com ddfandrich at gmail.com Phone 360.736.7563 From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Dale Erwin Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 7:56 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Brambach to rebuild? I'll find one and donate it to you. :) You pay for moving of course. Dale If this conversation continues I might have to track the thing down and buy it myself. (And look for an apprentice at the same time….) ddf Delwin D Fandrich Piano Design & Fabrication 620 South Tower Avenue Centralia, Washington 98531 USA del at fandrichpiano.com ddfandrich at gmail.com Phone 360.736.7563 From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Dale Erwin Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2010 10:10 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Brambach to rebuild? Well.... we had two in our small area. One would be a fluke and two is a red flag for future consideration. That's how I see it. Beside there are many other candidates far more worthy of this hypothetical scenario being considered. You Know? Dale S. Erwin www.Erwinspiano.com Custom piano restoration Ronsen piano hammers-sales R & D and tech support Sitka soundboard panels 209-577-8397 209-985-0990 -----Original Message----- From: Ryan Sowers <tunerryan at gmail.com> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Sun, Nov 14, 2010 5:12 pm Subject: Re: [pianotech] Brambach to rebuild? I do not remember that Brambach's were known for plate failure. That would certainly make one hesitate before taking a project on. Perhaps it would be an argument for lowering the overall tension on the piano. I wonder if the plate problems were a result of a design issue or a casting issue? Or both? How many of these have you actually come across in your years of rebuilding? Is it enough to make a broad generalization? We sometimes have to be careful about extrapolating from a limited sample: There were many hundreds of thousands of these pianos produced. On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Dale Erwin <erwinspiano at aol.com> wrote: Yeah, I take the point but but my point is that with out the plate... its a pile of firewood with a piano shaped boat anchor attached. Yes one needs a nose to work on or a piano ;) Dale S. Erwin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101115/46062ea9/attachment.htm>
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