Mason & Hamlin console probably

[Farrell]

Just when I take a crack at a piano type, along comes the exception. Today I
tuned a 1951 M&H 40" console (no tension resonator - I wonder why - other
M&H consoles have had them) that I last tuned 21 months ago. At that time I
raised the pitch up to 25 cents. Today, not a single note was more than two
cents off where I left it 21 months ago - and it is in a church, and was
moved from another church about a month ago. Also, it has one of the
cleanest treble sections I have ever heard, not a false beat to be found. I
told the guy, if a little console does it for him, that one is a keeper.
Quite a pleasure to tune.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 7:42 AM
Subject: Re: Mason & Hamlin console probably


> Your initial impression sounds accurate to me. I service several of these
> generally yucky pianos.
>
> Terry Farrell
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Clyde Hollinger" <cedel@supernet.com>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 5:10 PM
> Subject: Mason & Hamlin console probably
>
>
> > Friends,
> >
> > I just had a call from a woman who wants to sell her Mason and Hamlin
> > piano.  She bought it new about 1978 and it's a vertical.  Do Mason &
> > Hamlin consoles command a premium because of the name?  Was their
> > console anything more than average?
> >
> > I think I saw a Mason & Hamlin console from about that era one time, and
> > I was surprised they would stoop to put their name on what appeared to
> > be an ordinary console.  I didn't tune it or work on it, though, so I
> > was just going by what I saw.  It was at a church camp, so not
> > particularly well cared for.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Clyde
> >
> >
>