...AND try to lift up one side of the piano! You'll feel like a muscle man! Ryan On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 9:51 PM, Delwin D Fandrich <del at fandrichpiano.com>wrote: > 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. > -- 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/20101124/3e9b4750/attachment.htm>
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