Hello Susan Kline. The Bush & Lane Upright Grand I service (only been there twice) is serial #57289, and manufactured in 1920. It is 50 inches tall. The tone.....well.....depressing some keys make a sound reminiscent of a piano (piano-like sound perhaps). Other keys make a variety of noises. It sounds like your typical well worn 80 year old upright. Hard to tell what it COULD sound like. Built like a major-league truck though. Terry Farrell Piano Tuning & Service Tampa, Florida mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Kline" <sckline@home.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 10:34 AM Subject: Re: oddities puzzler > > > > > > > >I service a Bush & Lane "Upright Grand". Yea, sure, I thought the first time > > >I saw it. But the plate is four sectioned, with the top two having real capo > > >bars, and the other two having agraffes. And upon looking at the back, low > > >and behold, was a full laminated bent rim on the two sides and bottom within > > >the square outer case. Truly was a grand that was upright - but, of course, > > >the beast did have a seemingly standard upright action. A real pain getting > > >mutes in around the capo bars also - the hammer go right up to them! > > > > > >Terry Farrell > > This is interesting, because I like Bush & Lane, and own a 1906 upright. > Could you tell me the age or serial number of this overachieving upright? > I have a soft spot for overbuilt pianos. How is the tone? > > > >This grand seemed to me like it was a pretty nice instrument at one time, > >and could be again if it wasn't trapped forevermore in church donation > >purgatory, where all hope is abandoned upon entry. Too bad, I'd love to > >take a whack at it. > > > >Ron N > > Hi, Ron. Why don't you try crossing the church's palm with silver? > Since churches are chronically short of money (which is why one can > only pray for their pianos) they might respond to being offered some. > Some churches already feel that they own too many pianos. So long as > there isn't an encumbrance on it from a will, you might have a shot > at it. Or offer a barter to get their other pianos tuned/fixed? > > Oh, by the way, maybe the counterbearing bar slipped forward when > someone wanted to twist the bass strings and tried to do them > all at once instead of a few at a time. Or maybe a kid had some > fun. Any marks on the tuning pins? > > Susan >
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