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Late Style Duo-Art in 1933 Stroud Grand
By Phil Bordeleau

I, and a few of our North Texas Chapter, are rebuilding a 1933 Stroud
Duo-Art grand, recently acquired by my boss.  He is rightfully excited
about this unique late style Duo-Art.  I was impressed as I witnessed
how easy the spool box assembly was removed from the piano, especially
when looking back on my experiences with a 1920 Steinway Duo-Art.

Does anyone have any pictures of a complete upper action/air motor
governor area?  There is apparently a pallet valve on the governor
which at the moment has no linkage.  I suspect this has to do with
reroll and cutouts.  This is a 6-point air motor, with the governor
mounted directly above.  It _seems_ smaller than on the 1920 Duo-Art
I worked on in the past.  Is this correct?  The modulator seems reduced
in scale than those of which I normally have familiarity as well.

The piano has a stylized case with turned and tapered, octagonal legs,
with a relief and applique on the sides of the case.  Oddly the piano
has only two pedals: soft is only hammer lift and there is no
sostenuto.  Is this typical of the Strouds?

Any information/photos/tubing diagrams would be welcome.

Phil Bordeleau
pbongreene@aol.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]


(Message sent Fri 22 Jun 2012, 15:38:55 GMT, from time zone GMT-0400.)

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