On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 2:12 PM, Susan Kline <skline at peak.org> wrote: > On 10/29/2010 7:40 AM, John.Bartlett at sealedair.com wrote: > > I realize that the Vose upright is just another old piano, > > I regularly tune an old Vose upright in good original condition (sometimes > the Pacific Northwest's climate practically acts like putting something into > a time capsule.) > > This is a superior instrument! It's designed up to the eyeballs and full of > good stuff. It is incredibly stable, and the tone and regulation are still > excellent. I've told the church where it lives that if they ever decide to > get rid of it, I WANT IT! > > I can't imagine anyone selling something like this for $15k, but if the > facts were known to potential buyers, a Vose upright in a reasonable state > of preservation ought to sell for a lot more than they probably do now. > > Susan Kline > I agree with you Susan, I have a few old Vose & Sons, along with some M.Schulz, & others that were well built pianos in their day. We forget that just like today there were "grades" of pianos built at that time, many by the same maker. A good example is Baldwin, I believe they made close to a dozen different upright makes of varying degrees of quality. What you will rarely find are the old Baldwin uprights with the Baldwin name on the fallboard & cast into the plate, not the little house of Baldwin emblem the put inside all of them. The old upright Baldwins were a quality piano with working sustenuto, goood quality hammers & keys, heavy duty hardware, etc. That's just a few examples of many. Mike -- I think we are a product of all our experiences. Sanford I. Weill<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/s/sanfordiw283095.html> Michael Magness Magness Piano Service 608-786-4404 www.IFixPianos.com <http://www.ifixpianos.com/> email mike at ifixpianos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101029/6d750fa1/attachment.htm>
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