Euterpe pianos

[Paul S. Larudee]

List,

Wow! Has no one ever heard of this piano?

Paul

"Paul S. Larudee" wrote:

> List,
>
> Anyone familiar with this make of piano?  Just ran across my first one today.
> According to Pierce, they've been in business since 1875 but made pianos since
> 1860.  (???)  German made.  I was not particularly impressed with the one I saw,
> and suspected it had been made in eastern Europe.  Tight pins, difficult to
> tune, thickest action cloth I ever saw on wippen heel, mushy letoff (high
> friction). No amount of regulating makes it really good.  Those were my first
> reactions, but I would be interested in hearing others' experiences.  The
> customer said they were being distributed by Bechstein, or so he was told.
>
> Paul S. Larudee