Jim Busby wrote: > > A few months back I posted an ad by the father of the “5 Browns” for a > 1939 D for sale. Supposedly it was pick by Paderewski for his final > concert… I finally got to look at the piano. It did have quite good > sound, good sustain, crown in the soundboard and the right bearing in > the right places, etc., no killer octave, per se, and all original > except the strings, which were 6 years old. I’ve never seen a CC > soundboard that old that good. Did they do rib-crowned soundboards back > then? Maybe they just got lucky. Rick Baldassin was with me and agreed > that this one needed an action rebuild only. > > The main reason I’m writing is that the hammers were original, and > although it was played hard for many hours every day for many years, > these hammers still sound great! No grooves. No Lacquer. Very supple > felt. How can that be? 80 years and no grooves/wear?? > > I kind of chuckled at all the hype in his ad, but it was kind of > refreshing to find that it was a decent instrument. > > Jim Busby > > p.s. I think a school in Oregon is trying to buy it. It ought to be going to Lourdes, considering. Ron N
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