Square grand Tunings

[John Ross]

Just as a matter of interest, Andrew.
Who was the manufacturer, and have you, ever heard of anyone getting $30K?
Is it unique?
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 10:35 PM
Subject: Re: Square grand Tunings


> 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
> > > >
> > > >
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