An interesting spinet

[Farrell]

Hmmmm. Maybe they are smarter than we think!

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Piannaman@aol.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 9:52 AM
Subject: Re: An interesting spinet


> In a message dated 5/1/03 3:56:13 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
> mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes:
> 
> 
> > Quite different from the 1960s mouse-infested, mouse-poop-stuck keys, 
> > original owner, "only tuned once when we first bought it", Aeolian spinet. 
> > Most of the keyboard ranged from one to 2-1/2 notes flat. A0 was actually a 
> > note sharp. This one set a new record for me for "Most Out-of-Tune Piano". 
> > Some of the unisons were in the neighborhood of a half-step off from one 
> > another. 1-1/2 pitch raise passes to A440 and then a tuning pass. It didn't 
> > sound great when I was done, but it did sound a whole lot better.
> 
> These should be on everybody's list of worst pianos.  That mouse was making a 
> statement....
> 
> Dave Stahl
>