Yes, Del, Aeolian's later stuff is utter crap. But let us not forget that prior to 1930 they made Webers, Stecks, and Strouds, and put those beautifully built player systems into Steinways. All of it top-notch stuff " 'way back when"! Thump --- Delwin D Fandrich <pianobuilders@olynet.com> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J Patrick Draine" <draine@attbi.com> > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: May 15, 2003 2:34 PM > Subject: Re: Henry F. Miller > > > > > > On Thursday, May 15, 2003, at 04:53 PM, Delwin D > Fandrich wrote: > > > The so-called piano > > > cobbled together by Ivors & Pond (if memory > serves) in Memphis during > > > the > > > sixties was also not a Henry F Miller. > > > > American Aeolian are the folks to blame, if my > memory cells are > > reliable. Ivers & Pond was another pleasant Boston > area company which > > suffered the same fate. > > > > Patrick Draine > > > You're probably right. Aeolian wrote the book on > deceptively exploiting > good old piano names. > > Del > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com
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