Answer at end. At 12:07 AM 1/21/98 -0500, Les Smith wrote: > > >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 >------------------------------- Hi, Les I'm working on one of these now: a big Kimball upright, fancy case, in very good shape except for butt plates, which I'm replacing. 1903. Very nice. Susan Susan Kline P.O. Box 1651 Philomath, OR 97370 skline@proaxis.com "Cheer up! Things may be getting worse at a slower rate." -- Ashleigh Brilliant
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