ED!!! Enquiring minds want to know...where and when did this movie come out? Is it available on VCR? I must see this...sounds classic. Mary >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 >> > >> > >> >> -- >> Richard Brekne >> RPT, N.P.T.F. >> UiB, Bergen, Norway >> mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no >> http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html >> _______________________________________________ >> caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> > >_______________________________________________ >caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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