conover grand

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Thanks Rob...

David I.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Rob & Helen Goodale 
  To: Pianotech List 
  Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 4:26 PM
  Subject: Re: conover grand


  The Conover model "88" grand (1920s vintage), is one nicest pianos of it's type I've ever come across.  It is a virtual copy of the Mason & Hamlin "A".  Similar scale, plate design, WN&G actions, etc.  Side by side you have to wonder who copied who.  Obviously M & H had a better marketing department.  Unfortunately people typically only buy brands they know, (i.e. Steinway, Mason & Hamlin, Knabe), so these great pianos end up being trashed instead of rebuilt.  In spite of their quality, a fully rebuilt Conover will never fetch the price it deserves.  I have one in my shop I've been storing for years.  I would love to rebuild it but I'll probably wait for a buyer to come to me first.

  Rob Goodale RPT
  Las Vegas, NV


    List,

    Any insights into a Conover grand piano?  Donation...I'm looking at it next week.  Appropriate for a practice studio?

    David I. 
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