Agreed to a point, but one of my clients owns an 80+ year old B&L that is played regularly and is in outstanding condition, albeit with a somewhat alligatored finish- though still very pretty. The tone and action are wonderful. It is in the top five of the finest sounding verticals I service with very little apparent wear on the action. It has a long back scale bass bridge and original bass strings. I tune it once a year and barely have to touch it up. The tuning is always rock solid. >From the cabinet, to the action, to the scale, to the sound, the piano reeks craftsmanship, quality design and quality materials. I told her let me know first if she ever decides to sell. I have been impressed with every B&L I've come across, but this one particularly. YMMV Dean Dean May cell 812.239.3359 PianoRebuilders.com 812.235.5272 Terre Haute IN 47802 -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of stuka at mindspring.com Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 5:26 PM To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: Bush and Lane Grand Agreed, thanks. Matt -----Original Message----- But as Patrick points out, just as is the case with 100 >year old Bechsteins, Bosendorfers and Mason & Hamlins, all of the B&Ls I've >seen have been worn to the nubs. > >I've owned several Mercedes Benz automobiles. They are very well built >automobiles. But after 900,000 miles and 30 years of wear, you probably >don't want your teen-aged daughter driving it across country - or even to >the grocery store! > >When a high quality item is worn out, it becomes a piece of crud. Now some >pieces of crud are more viable to rebuild than other pieces of crud, but >non-the-less, in their worn-out state, they are indeed pieces of crud. > >Terr
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