No, "Alumitone" is what you get when the frame (plate) is cast of aluminum rather than gray iron. Next time you visit the piano try a magnet on the frame. 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 Floyd Gadd Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 9:38 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: [pianotech] My first Winter Spinet--are they all like this? Oh yes, the piano. 1949 Winter spinet. May have been tuned since it left the store back then, but I'm not sure. Pins were tight, as if they had never been moved. Hardly any wear on the hammers. No a bad specimen for a spinet. What was that on the plate--"Alumitone?" Is that what you get with aluminum colored paint over cast iron? And a nicely designed case in pretty good shape. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101123/502f5568/attachment.htm>
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