Hi Howard, These pianos are really the same as a Lesage. The pin blocks are generally good. The sound is generally somewhat "coarse". Materials in the instruments are ok. Compared to other 42" pianos they are "above average". But a shoe that is too small will always be too small. At 10:47 PM 1/16/2007 -0500, you wrote: >Recently tuned a Bell console piano. The archives indicate that Bell pianos >made in Ontario in the early 1900s were quality instruments. This one was >made in Quebec Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat mailto:pianotuna at yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 306-539-0716 or 1-888-29t-uner
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