Square pianos

[Farrell]

Hi Jack. Interesting that you mention Emerson squares. I have an Emerson
square in my shop. It was made in 1863 and is HUGE. It measures close to 7
feet wide as I recall. I own it, as I traded a tuning and pitch raise on a
console for it. Are you suggesting that I have some premium square grand?
Thanks for any thoughts you may have on it.

Also, I am currently rebuilding a Woodward & Brown square from 1882. Do you
know anything specific to that manufacturer?

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
From: <JWyatt1492@AOL.COM>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 6:56 PM
Subject: Square pianos


> Hello to All;
>
>     To bash all squares is like saying that all
> two door cars are bad. You have the gamut of
> quality from "Grovesteen & Fuller" to the
> "Chickering 51-B & 51C, Emerson and
> Thomas Goggan" and others.
>     The low quality Squares are pretty bad
> and the high quality Squares are pretty good.
>     The actions can be regulated so about
> 400 reps. a minute is possable. Faster that
> 90% of musicians.
>    Joe Garrett is right, It just may be that
> it would be better to know what we are talking
> before we start talking.
>
> Regards ,
> Jack Wyatt
>