Wurlitzer Spinet 1971 Regulation

36" Wurlitzer (Melville Clark) Spinet, 1971
Traditional Walnut Cabinet. Built about 1971. Reconditioned and regulated in September, 2013 for the owner in Monticello, MN.

IMPROVEMENTS:
Recondition Action—Tighten all action screws. Align hammers to strings. Reshape hammers.
Complete Cleaning--Clean strings, pressure bar, keybed, keypins, pedal mechanisms.
Complete Regulation—All adjustments to ensure that piano plays like new, tune to A-440.

Selected pictures of the step-by-step improvement process
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Original Manufacturer of this brand-name--Wurlitzer Co., New York.

Established--1856 in New York. 1861 in Cincinnati.

Other brand-names used by this manufacturer--Apollo, Julius Bauer & Co., Melville Clark, De Kalb, Farney, Kingston.

From: Pierce Piano Atlas, 12th Edition (2008, Larry Ashley Publisher, Albuquerque, NM).

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When we visited this piano, we found that very little maintenance work had been completed since it was new. Hammers were badly worn and, worse, the hammer shanks had warped considerably, resulting in a number of hammers no longer striking the strings squarely. Another issue was the looseness of the action screws--they were so loose that the dampers hardly lifted when the keys were struck. Also, the regulation was so badly out of adjustment that the touch was severely affected--many keys required very hard key strokes to respond. These issues could be addressed in less than two days' work, and the owner was very pleased with the result.