Wurlitzer crap ... was Aeolian crap

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New client yesterday. 1942 Wurly console w/short direct action.

Beautiful art deco cabinet with veneer on the sides that wrapped around a
curved front above the keys. Has three separate lid sections, the center one
also held down with three screws and includes the vertical part (like a
mini-Hamilton studio lid). Never could figure out how to remove the music
shelf, had to take out 6 screws and remove the desk to get it out of my way.
Fascinating bit of furniture.

Did a 100+c PR then tuned. Unisons fell into place better and with less
whine than most Wurlitzers I've seen, so I had hopes! Then I played the
piano. Yuck, ugo, bleah. Sounds like crap. Well-tuned crap, but crap
nonetheless.

I've got no big upright W's in my area. Were they better? I have NEVER seen
a console-sized one of any vintage that I thought sounded good.

Just me?

Alan Barnard
Salem, MO

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On
Behalf Of gordon stelter
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 7:24 AM
To: Pianotech
Subject: Aeolian crap


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
>
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