key bushings...way off topic

[Ed Sutton]

By the way, there is a wonderful movie called "Window to Paris."
The male lead is a Russian piano tuner, and several of the cast are workers
in a Russian piano factory.
The scene where they are selling smuggled pianos on a Paris sidewalk is
hilarious...slamming the tops with 4x4's while shouting "These pianos are
strong!!"
Ed Sutton

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 6:53 PM
Subject: Re: key bushings


> I dont think Del was actually attempting to make a case for Russian
> Pianos in general, as much as he was pointing out how many good
> inventions through the past have just been ignored or left in the
> proverbial dust for no real good reason.
>
> I thought it was pretty cute really. Tho I aggree with your experiences
> otherwise with the Russian piano building industry. One of the worst
> I've seen was something called "Etyde". You never knew exactly what to
> expect... one day you would break a tuning pin on one and the next one
> you ran into might have loose pins, or you might even pack one out of
> the crate and watch it literally explode before your very eyes.
>
> RiCB
>
> > Otto Keyes wrote:
> >
> > This is quite a contrast to the Russian console I did for a friend
> > several years back.  It had floated in somebody's basement for awhile
> > before he hauled it away.  As a cabinet maker, he made a whole new
> > case for it, while it was my task to glue the rest of it back
> > together. (You know the dumb things friends talk you into, & you kick
> > yourself because you really do know better, but you're in too deep, &
> > he already has the case made for it.)  The case ended up being the
> > best part, but it did work & sound somewhat like a percussion stringed
> > instrument when it was all over.
> >
> > The casting of the plate was all over the place.  Action quality &
> > geometry would have made even Aeolian cringe.  The screw slots were
> > nowhere near the center of the screws.  It did not have those neat
> > adjustable key bushings.  A Polish pianist friend said it was a 2nd
> > quality of 3 in the Russian piano industry of the time.  I'd sure hate
> > to have seen the 3rd.  That was one I was glad to see the back of, but
> > they are still enjoying it today.
> >
> > Otto
> >
> >
>
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