I did! And I loved it! There aren't very many 5'4" pianos I would say that about. It was so comfortable to play - the combination of the touch and tone were very nice. I think Del matched the hammers to the scale very successfully. and the break was remarkably smooth for a little guy. We had a PTG meeting at Del's shop and the piano was very well received. I'm somewhat jealous of whoever ends up with that little gem in their living room. Ryan > > > A couple of folks who participate on Pianotech have seen and heard this > piano; perhaps they will comment on how it plays and sounds to them. > > > > 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 *Terry Farrell > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 16, 2010 4:50 AM > *To:* pianotech at ptg.org > *Subject:* [pianotech] Little Everett Grands - was: Heller bass strings > > > > 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 > -- Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Olympia, WA www.pianova.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101116/76dea92a/attachment.htm>
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