I promise (I think) that this will be the last day I post about the piano disassembly, but it has been fascinating (to me, at least)...and the potential for all those parts, well, that has a lot to do with it.
I believe I counted 13 different little wooden bits, plus a little ribbon, some metal, several felts and some leather just in the lower piece. And there are 88 of those, and each "hammer" (the bulb-shaped piece) is a slightly different size! There are also 88 of the upper piece, also wood, felt, leather, metal and wire. Can you imagine imagining and then creating these little hinged and movable bits and all of them working?
This is the harp where all the strings reside. If you look only at the right side, you can easily envision a harp....and one can pluck the strings and make lovely sounds. The strings jutting across from the left are the bass strings. When a key is struck, the hammer (first photo) hits the appropriate string.
This section is part of where the hammers were connected, and so there are 88 little screw eyes and 88 of the little padded cushions.
These were what were under the keys when we lifted them up.
I suppose this all brings back fond memories of when my mother had her piano tuned. The tuner would arrive with his bags of tools and spend what seemed like hours getting everything perfectly tuned. I am amazed that my father allowed Mom this one luxury in the house. As a child, I did not realize what a talented pianist she was (nor of course how frustrated she must have felt that I showed little interest in it).
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