I just tuned a 1901 Vose & Sons upright with extra-long keys (maybe 18"?), and it played fine. No leads; in fact, A0 and C8 had five Forstner holes in the bottom of the keystick under the head, about 1/2" deep. I didn't measure DW/UW, but it was very responsive. What kind of balance problems would there be? --Cy-- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Magness" <IFixPianos at yahoo.com> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>; <noahhaverkamp at yahoo.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 8:25 AM Subject: Re: 1890 Weber upright > Value is in the eye of the beholder/owner! Having said that there are > tipoffs to the average old upright, the "good" old upright and the > "fine" old upright. Look at the details of the cabinetry and the > hardware is it just a plainjane cabinet or does it have some > "gingerbread" on it, is the hardware just potmetal or potmetal plated > w/brass or is it nickel plated heavy and well made? Does the action > have any extra features, a bar that takes up lost motion when the soft > pedal is used for example or is it just a standard action? Is it a 2 > or 3 pedal piano? You and I know that the middle pedal frequently does > the same as the left or nothing at all but the buying public at the > time expected 3 pedals in a better piano, while the cheapies only had > 2. Are the keys extra long and the cabinet a little thicker than > normal indicating it came from the same production line as a player > piano and the key balance will be poor?
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