Pitch Raise Experiment

[Farrell]

I have a Merrifield from Illinois that is 57 inches tall and has a lost
motion compensator!

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin E. Ramsey" <ramsey@extremezone.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 8:35 AM
Subject: Re: Pitch Raise Experiment


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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephen Airy" <stephen_airy@yahoo.com>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 9:09 PM
> Subject: Re: Pitch Raise Experiment
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> > an old upright at least 58" to 60" tall and at least
> > 66" wide, with a 26 or 25 note bass, no wound strings
> > on long bridge, an ornate case, ivory keys, lost
> > motion compensator, etc... (one that if it was being
> > manufactured today would make someone who was on a
> > tight budget look at a Steinway D instead)
> >
>
>     You really want a piano which has an extra 9 or 10 inches of case on
> either side of the keyboard? I thought space was a consideration. I don't
> recall ever running into an upright that was over about 54" inches tall,
> either.
>