David Thanks for the update. It did have square pins, but they were 1 ought. And even some of them were stripped. (The edges had worn off) There are also some pins that are very loose, but in our climate, even loose pins will hold. The customer likes the way the piano plays and sounds, and enjoys playing it.. But he is aware that it is not a very good piano. He did tell me that a couple of years ago a technician had done some repair work to it. Even when I got there the first time some of the damper timing had to be adjusted. Thanks Wim -----Original Message----- From: David Boyce <David at piano.plus.com> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Thu, Feb 28, 2013 2:48 pm Subject: Re: [pianotech] Birdcage piano for David Boyce Thanks Wim. 1880s would seem about right. At least it doesn't seem to have oblong pins, which you sometimes encounter on those old cheap pianos, and which I hate! It's a spring and loop action I see. In my experience they never feel nice. I wonder if the owner understands that that piano was a cheap and nasty model even when it was brand new? In that era there were so many small workshops in England churning out cheap poorly-made pianos for the newly emerging lower middle-class domestic market. There's not much more to be said about that piano, except that it should probably have been burnt sixty years ago! But I come across plenty like it. Best regards, David . On 01/03/2013 00:35, pianotech-request at ptg.org wrote: David Here is a picture of the insides. I tried sending it the first time, but Pianotech wouldn't let me, because it was too big. Wim -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20130228/592d837c/attachment.htm>
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