My first thought after seeing the pictures was about how much the factory workers must have just loved putting that thing together and making it work. Especially back in the days of uneven agrafe drilling and spacing. ddf Delwin D Fandrich Piano Design & Fabrication 6939 Foothill Court SW, Olympia, Washington 98512 USA Phone 360.515.0119 Cell 360.388.6525 del at fandrichpiano.com ddfandrich at gmail.com -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ron Nossaman Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2012 4:52 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Jesse French Grand When it came to building it, compared to a simple shift lever, you bet your balance sheet it had something to do with it. We don't know what the Edsel can do, but it wasn't apparently fantastic enough to be worth the cost of production. Maybe if Chickering had thought of it first... <G> Ron N
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