Kemble

[Lance Lafargue]

Kemble goes as far back as 1930.  I would compare it's value with a
comparable instrument (Yamaha?) and feel comfortable with that.  You could
write the factory.  Checked on the internet?
Lance Lafargue, RPT
New Orleans Chapter
Covington, LA.
lafargue@iamerica.net

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> From: Elian Degen <degen@telcel.net.ve>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: RE: Kemble
> Date: Monday, January 12, 1998 10:01 PM
> 
> Thank you for your answers, Zen, Lance and Barrie,
> 
> I checked the piano again, it does not appear to be fake. it really looks
> like a Kemble, the action is  Schwander and has a very nice tone. I know
> Kemble doesn´t make grands, but are you sure they didn´t in the past ?
This
> piano looks as an early 1970 model.
> 
> Thank you again
> 
> Elian
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> De: Barrie Heaton <Piano@forte.airtime.co.uk>
> Para: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Fecha: Lunes 12 de Enero de 1998 05:11 PM
> Asunto: Re: Kemble
> 
> 
> >>My book says nothing about Kemble grands.
> >
> >That because they do not make them,
> >
> >
> >> The uprights range from $6,000
> >>to $11,000 and are comparable to Yamahas in quality of materials.
> >>Kemble is in Bletchley, England.
> >
> >
> >
> >>Yamaha owns
> >%55 or may be more know. Maybe Newton has a stake in them as well
> >
> >Barrie,
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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