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Brinsmeade1.jpg	Shot of a "tropicalized" Brinsmeade piano. Each piece of leather and felt in the action and keys is either sewn or nailed in place in addition to glued. All ribs are held with brass screws from the front of the board. 
Brinsmeade2.jpg	Tuning wrench and screw sitting on the keys. Strings are friction-fit into the tuning screws so knots aren't required. Note the nails on the fronts of the "waterfall" keytops.
Brinsmeade3.jpg	Very out of focus shot of the action
Brinsmeade4.jpg	Treble end. I apologize for the focus on these.
Brinsmeade5.jpg	Shows the tuning screws and the action. 
fire    jpg		Newspaper article re: Fire at Pianos by Rosch
fire01  jpg		Close-up of destroyed 1885 Steinway E from above fire
i-beam  jpg          Jon Page - glueing the extensions on a bass bridge
ribpress.jpg		Jon Page - Rib press
kcrash  jpg		Newspaper article re: Car crashing through Calgary Kawai Dealer's window.
rhap01  jpg		John Musselwhite playing the Steinway® Rhapsody 7' piano
rhap02  jpg		The Rhapsody on display at Irene Besse Keyboards in Calgary
rhap03  jpg		The Rhapsody again
rhap05  jpg		The Rhapsody's plate and strings from the piano's tail
horowitz.jpg		Vladimir Horowitz' Steinway D from the keyboard
sundae  jpg       	Sundae Sound Recording Studio in Calgary. The piano is a 1962 Yamaha
			G7 originally purchased new by the CBC.
schml1  jpg        	Schimmel® Pegasus® "Designer" Grand and Vertical piano Brochure Page 1
schml2  jpg        	Pegasus brochure Page 2
schml3  jpg        	Pegasus Brochure Page 3
schml4  jpg        	Pegasus brochure Page 4
singer1 jpg        	Jack Singer Concert Hall stage in the Calgary Centre for the Performing Arts.
			Steinway® model D piano.  Robert Moffatt, piano technician (not seen in photo).
saja    jpg        	An old postcard of the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Calgary.
			Piano inventory includes five Steinways and two Heintzmans.
ssrep1  jpg		Very old Steinway repetition with rotting rubber band repaired rep spring.
nx20    jpg		Scene from Northern Exposure where Chris flings a piano with a trebuchet.
			from the epsisode titled "Burning Down the House".
index   txt        	this file last modified April 25, 2003



The following files have been moved to the "pianotech" area:

felt_knuckles.jpg    John Fortiner's pictures of S&S felt and leather knuckles.*
			* A few words regarding the scan and the shanks scanned: 
			While the knuckles are very different from each other I have done the 
			best that I could to choose 2 contrasting ones from the same part of the 
			piano - therefore shank #1 and shank #2. This may not be entirely fair 
			as #1 is a white or natural while #2 is the sharp just above it. It may 
			be that one of these was played more than the other just due to the 
			nature of being either a sharp or a natural. 
			I did NOT scan the entire shank as the shank isn't the item of interest, 
			but rather the knuckle attached to it. 
			The number of the shank is clearly visable in the scan. 
			What I DO know is that the leather covered knuckle is a lot flatter than 
			the all felt knuckle. (JF)

felt_knuckles2.jpg	Pics of the knuckles with ruler.		
			Dimensions measured with dial calipers are as follows: 
			Knuckle #1 bottom of knuckle to bottom of shank: 9.5mm 
			front to back of knuckle ( along shank line measured at widest 
			point): 10.4mm
			Knuckle #2 bottom of knuckle to bottom of shank: 10.3mm 
			front to back as in knuckle #1: 10.5mm
			It is NOT an illusion that the felt on knuckle #2 appears to be mounted 
			"off center" relative to the wood core as there definitely IS more felt 
			on the flange side than on the hammer side. 
			Core face to shank side: 4.4mm 
			Core face to hammer side: 3.7mm 
			That's right - 0.7mm difference (JF)



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