This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I just had a really fine experience, and I wanted to share it with = someone who would even get a clue of what I am talking about. I had the opportunity to tune a 1845-1850 Chickering 6'4" Grand = yesterday. It had had some hard use, and smoke damage earlier in its = life, but had been rebuilt in the 1940's with Steinway strings, new = hammers, new pin block etc. Hammers had not been shaped since, so I did = that, and tuned it. The owner had refinished it completely so that it = was impeccable. =20 What a wonderful instrument. I have heard you guys (and gals) talk = about the "Chickering sound" for years (that original sound before the = company was sold early in the 20th century). I now know what that sound = is, and it is marvelous. Dark & rich; almost devoid of percussiveness; = just an unbelieveably gorgeous timber. I took photos of it if anyone = would like to see what it looked like. What a pleasure to work with. =20 The wife of the now deceased former owner said that they had bought it = from a boarding house in Dayton, Ohio in 1944, and moved almost = immediately to Chicago. It had been in bad shape and they had a German = tuner by the name of Carl Moeller do the work. He had been having = trouble getting any work at all because of the bias against anything = German during the war, and spent much time devoted to the instrument. = Inside the piano is a yellowed paper fastened to the case indicating the = serial number which was 6744, and the name of "B. Canfra," or "Canpra." = Does either the name of the tuner or B. Canfra strike any memory chords = with anyone??? Anyway, it was a major upper for me. Thanks for listening.... Ed Carwithen John Day ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/8e/46/30/41/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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