KIMBALL

[Les Smith]

On Tue, 20 Jan 1998, Gregory Torres wrote:

> Newton:
> I have personally never run across any Kimballs that were anywhere near
> "remarkable"
> Please enlighten me so I won't get flamed anymore for taking Kimball's
> name in vain.....   :-)

Gee, Greg, if you can't trust Newton, who can you trust?

As I just pointed out in another post, Kimball DID built some decent,
well-regarded pianos a LONG time ago--shortly after the turn-of-the-
century, to be exact. At the time, their instruments were built entire-
ly "in-house", which means that they were building their own plates,
actions, keys, etc., just like Steinway used to do. Once in a while,
you come across a post to the list that reads: "WOW! I just came across  
an old piano that looked, played and sounded really good, the only thing
is that the decal on the fallboard read KIMBALL. Could someone have re-
placed the REAL decal?" :-)  Nope. That's the Kimball used to build them
once-upon--time. Just like Newton said.

Now, aren't you sorry you ever doubted Newton? :-)

Les Smith
lessmith@buffnet.net