Thanks John, I know him pretty well as he's my uncle. I was kidding him about the creative marketing and he knew it. He had a belly-up restoration done on it. It was restrung with "special piano wire ordered from England" to match the piano. He was advised by the restorer that it had this value. I told him the joke that a piano tuner up in British Columbia had told a would be client, "Let's take it out on the ferry and heave it overboard." he kept the client amazingly enough, bought a real piano. It will probably be housed in my home indefinitely until someone can be found who really, really, wants a square grand. ;-) Andrew At 06:36 PM 3/14/2004 -0400, you wrote: >Hi Andrew, >Be sure and let him down lightly. >I suppose 30G means 30K? >Or am I wrong as usual, thinking in electronic terms. >Anyway, if , and I doubt, it is worth 30K, or anywhere near. I must go and >collect some, that people, can't even get tuned in this area. >I used to do them, but my back can't take it any longer. Well it can, but I >don't like the pain. >It is almost unethical to do the work, without him knowing, the actual >worth. Isn't it? >Regards, >John M. Ross >Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada >jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Andrew & Rebeca Anderson" <anrebe@zianet.com> >To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 5:52 PM >Subject: Re: Square grand Tunings > > > > Joe, > > You're probably right, but this will require three tunings before it is > > stable, I think. The current owner doesn't play and just wants it back up > > where it should be and is a little adventurous to boot. (He wants to sell > > it too, he thinks it should be worth 30Gs, he wanted my advice--backup on > > that and I suggested that a little creative marketing and the "right" > > customer might get him near there.) I've wanted to try meantone and it > > seems like the perfect guinea pig. ;-) > > > > Andrew > > > > > > At 10:45 AM 3/14/2004 -0800, you wrote: > > >Andrew said: "I'm expecting to tune a square grand that hasn't > > >been tuned since it was re-strung (Brown & Allen, ten years ago) in > > >modified meantone." > > > > > >Andrew, > > >I'd suggest Broadwoods Best for these thingees. The inharmonicity, (or > > >balance of, therein), > > >would make a "modified meantone" be a bit too raucous for the average >ear, > > >IMHO. (They sound way too raucous in most temperaments, anyway.<G>) > > >Best Regards, > > >Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon) > > >Captain, Tool Police > > >Squares Are I > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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