A sweet old lady

[John Ross]

Hi Conrad,
Contrary to popular belief, there are some 'birdcage' that sound not too
bad. (Everything is relative)
They seem to be better quality German ones.
I have been pleasantly surprised, a couple of times. After telling the
people not to expect too much, and did they really want to take a chance,
etc.
I then did a major pitch raise, yes to A440, as long as strings didn't start
to pop, and lo and behold it turned out ok, and they were really happy. I am
still tuning it 10 years later.
Mind you there are only 2 that are in this category, the majority are junk.
I seem to recollect, that someone on the list said that only the cheaper
ones were shipped to North America, so maybe that is why we have run into
only bad ones.
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: A sweet old lady


> At 07:30 5/8/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >   The owners were thrilled, and so was I. It was a worthwhile 2 1/2 plus
> > hours, and--I never thought I'd say this--I look forward to my next
> > encounter with a square!
> >Dave Stahl
> >Dave
> >You've been smittin!  They are a very interesting part of our
> >history.  Congratulations for the effort put forth.
> >
> >Paul C
>
>
> Folks,
>
> So the old lady can still show some leg, huh?   Marlene Dietrich would be
> proud.
>
> Has anyone had such a sweet encounter with a birdcage?  Why I ask is that
I
> just did what amounts to a long range intervention for an old friend
> regarding an eBay birdgage  (in D.C. area, if you must know)
>
> I didn't outright condemn the beastie, but when asked about ringing
> dampers, I did give a brief comparison of over- vs: under-damper actions
> and their relative efficiencies.
>
> Did I say more than I know?  Were there overdampers which worked well?
>
>
>
> Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician
> Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045
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>
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>
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