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Re: Gulbransen
By Stephen Kent Goodman

RE: Gulbransen
TO: Joyce Brite

I had found a Gulbransen that was purchased in the late 'twenties by a minister who only played it by hand. It was a real gem; all I had to do was recover the pneumatics and replace the bellows cloth and external flap valve leather. The interior valve leather was still in "like new" condition. After removing the screws from the glued-deck stack, I carefully removed the pneumatic decks with a radial arm sw using a fine-toothed blade and a jig to hold the stack. When the pneumatics were recovered and glued back on, I made gasket leather strips and then screwed the decks back on the board. The piano pumped with only one pedal and was the easiest pumper I ever owned.

They are well designed, highly efficient systems. With a little skillful rebuilding, they can be made "as new" to again delight the present generation.

S.K.Goodman

(Message sent Thu 8 Feb 1996, 03:36:55 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.)

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