Hi Susan, list: For the wire being as rusty as it is, it sounds pretty good. I'd have to drag it away from the wall (plus everything in front of it and on it) to refresh my memory on the rib details but nothing struck me as being out of the ordinary aside from the narrow board widths and fanning of the ribs. It held up remarkably well. I got it out of a barn in Hyannisport and am in the process of seeing what time indoors does to the structure. I've had it three years and there is no apparent change. I'll get to it one of these days. It has a very unique case, so between that and the sound I just may replace my M&H with it. Time will tell. Jon Page Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HELP ! I'm stuck in front of my computer and I can't get up! ~~~~~~~~`~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At 11:05 AM 12/14/97 -0800, you wrote: >At 10:18 AM 12/14/97 -0500, you wrote: >>I have an interesting piano in my shop. >>An old Mathushek upright with 1" or so >>strips comprising the sb. The ribs fan out >>from the top treble section. >>My atlas dates it about 1888 (#18901). >>It is keeping company with an 1866 S&S upright. >Hello, Jon -- >So, what is the sound quality on this uniquely >"stripped" soundboard piano? Is the treble good? >How did it hold up to the passage of time? Are the >ribs and bridges of normal size, more or less? >Susan Kline
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