KIMBALL

[Gregory Torres]

> Dear Les & Newton:

OK. I shall keep my eyes open for one of those old Kimballs, but I still hold
to my opinion regarding the "Whitney" and more recent line of Kimballs as
being PSO's & POS's. BTW, I never doubted Newton for a second-I simply said I
personally never ran across any Kimballs I liked or thought were very good.
;-)

Thanks  guys for "enlightening" me.

Sincerely,
Greg Torres

> 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