Gotta change the subject - after writing this post I looked at the subject and wondered what on earth does this have to do with Heller bass strings! Del: what year/size is your little Everett? I also have one that has been sitting around waiting years for some attention. Made in 1900 and is about 5'4", if I recall correctly. Interesting forward string terminations on it (three section scale) - the treble section is your typical capo style, however the tenor and bass have a iron ridge in the plate - sorta like the typical upright bass V-bar - but then there is a pressure bar on the bridge side of the forward termination V-bar. Sorry for the hazy photo below, but the piano is stored in amongst several others and this shot is in the dark using telephoto from the one angle you can see the area between two other pianos..... When I have thought of re-doing (gut/redesign/remanufacture) this piano, I was thinking along the same lines as your thinking with the "Brambach". Surely, NO piano without agraffes in the bass and tenor could EVER sound nice! And of course, NO piano that doesn't have at least a four-section plate/string-scale could EVER sound good! What fun proving people wrong! I am also impressed with the generous original bass backscale on this piano: about 115 mm on A0 and 165 mm on the highest bass note. Going along with this line of thinking (turning the "worst" piano in the world into a real piano), I realize that Brambach does in deed have the NAME, but surely they don't have pressure bars for forward terminations! Heck, this Everett is more of an upright than a grand, and EVERYONE KNOWS that ANY grand piano sounds better than ANY upright! Right? ;-) The low tenor has quite a hockey-stick end on it (long, slow curve), but the plate has a good shelf up by the pressure bar, so if, when adding a transition bridge, one wanted to move the forward termination toward the bridge for optimal strike point, I should think it quite possible. Piano really has some interesting positive design features. I love the trapwork - three sprung wooden levers - very simple, clean and work like a charm. Tuning pin array is simple and cleaner than just about any I've seen. Nice HD butcher-block keybed. Rim bracing is heavy and straight forward/back - like a Bosendorfer. Just seems like it has so much going for it and so much potential. If I remember correctly, it has a Wessell, Nickel & Gross action (but I may be mistaken). This piano was built in Boston. When did Everett move from Boston to the eastern shore of Lake Michigan? Does yours share any of these features? Terry Farrell On Nov 16, 2010, at 12:29 AM, Delwin D Fandrich wrote: > I’m thinking about replacing the wrapped strings on the little > Everett grand I’ve been playing around with. The tensions are very > low and I’m curious if wrapping on Paulello wire with a lower > breaking strength will make any audible difference. I want to take > some more measurements of the existing strings first, though. > > 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 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101116/f1ec92de/attachment-0001.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: PB160034.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 422094 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101116/f1ec92de/attachment-0001.jpg>
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