[pianotech] Keep Mehlins Weird

[Delwin D Fandrich]

Not that I recall. I think they made pianos with three sections and with
four sections but I think they all had struts in the frame.

 

ddf

 

Delwin D Fandrich

Piano Design & Fabrication

6939 Foothill Court SW, Olympia, Washington 98512 USA

Phone  360.515.0119 - Cell  360.388.6525

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
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Would that have been a "semi-barless" grand, too?

 

Will Truitt

 

From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Delwin D Fandrich
Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2012 4:20 PM
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That cutout for the float was to alleviate a problem they would otherwise
have had with a tenor bridge that ended up way too close to the inner rim.

 

Ddf

 

(PS. I did not take this picture-I don't recall who sent it to me but I'm
glad to have it.) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  <mailto:del at fandrichpiano.com> - ddfandrich at gmail.com

 

From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Tom Driscoll
Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2012 12:38 PM
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Subject: Re: [pianotech] Keep Mehlins Weird

 

I did have some pics of a small 1930's Mehlin grand but lost them with a
machine crash.

 Anyway , floating bass and ribs that are full thickness at the rim and
taper to about 3/8" in the middle. This piano is in poor shape so a
judgement on the success of these designs was  clouded but it's interesting
to see none the less. 

Chickering , Mehlin and a few others had true R and D it seems.

Tom D.

 

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