This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Delwin D Fandrich=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: March 15, 2002 9:49 PM Subject: Re: Jack Wyatt - G Scale M&H ----- Original Message -----=20 From: JWyatt1492@AOL.COM=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: March 14, 2002 11:34 AM Subject: Re: Jack Wyatt - G Scale M&H To make a comparison I would say that if one was restored well you would have to PAY $15.000 to $18.000 for a new upright to just get close=20 to it in performance and let's not even=20 mention durability. This is not even close=20 to being one of the shiny disposable pianos. Good luck and let us all know how it turns out after rebuilding.=20 It puzzles me why there doesn't seem to be much of a market for these = instruments. Companies like M&H built them to the same standards as = their grands. I disagree with one point, though, Jack. What do you think = could be purchased (of those verticals being built today) for $15,000 to = $18,000 that has any chance of comparing favorably with one of these = pianos? I've only encountered a couple of these things over the years, = but none of the current Japanese or European verticals--regardless of = price--is even close to this league. Actually, I should not have said I 'disagreed' with Jack. It's more that = I don't think he went far enough. As I said, regardless of price, none = of the new vertical pianos on the market today are in the same league as = some of these old uprights. And not just M&H G-scale uprights. Many = great old instruments fit into this group. Certainly not structurally. Select Hardwood backposts are not the same = as maple or oak. Or even well-seasoned spruce for that matter. MDF core = stock, now considered an economic necessity, is not the same as a = properly made lumber-core ply panel. If only there were some advances in = scaling or soundboard design the new pianos could point to as a superior = feature--but, alas, there are none.=20 About the only thing that can be said in favor of the new verticals is = that they are smaller and--if only it weren't for the added weight of = the MDF--they would be easier to move.=20 Regards, Del ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/49/7a/75/b4/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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