[pianotech] Mason A specs

[Dale Erwin]

Steve
 Interesting stuff.
 In my opinion this A-6 with the 5 note bichord transition was the best crossover sound to my ear. The company shoulda stuck with it. I've only seen & heard one and I sold it to Tom Cole. Tom? you still got it.
 I did not know all these designations existed for the Lowly Mason & Hamlin A

 

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Jackson <steve at stevejacksonpianos.com>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Thu, Apr 14, 2011 4:43 am
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Mason A specs




> Hello Steve,

>

>   There was the  A-  the  A-3,     A-4,   A-5, and   A-6,

>

> The last of the A,s that Aeolian built was the A,5.

>

>    I ask Elmer and Allan Brooks in 77  why they  went

> back to the A-5.     I never got a clear  answer

>

>  There may have been the  A,-1 and A,2  I can not

> speak to this as I have never seen one.

>

> Jack Wyatt

> Dallas Chapter



These were an A3, with plain wire down to the tenor, an A4 or 5 with 2

bichords, and an A6 with a transition bridge at the tenor. I switched the

A6 action with the A5 (as it still had the ivory) and all was well. The

regulation was almost exactly the same with the switch. Amazing quality

control which is difficult to achieve even today.



Steve


 
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