The treble wire is very close to the plate, making it very difficult to get standard strip mute felt between the unisons...URRG!!! Nightmare... Dan Dallas On Aug 26, 2008, at 6:17 PM, Ron Poire wrote: > The back of the Essex upright looks identical to the 1098. > The university of Minnesota at Minneapolis received six of them. > Right out of the box, they were all fairly in tune. I don't know about > any differences in the actions. The Boston 118S, is at the bottom of > the heap. > The 118E, is a much better piano and more stable as well. Include the > Boston 126, and the 132. > > Ron pPoire > > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Jim Busby >> To: College and University Technicians >> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 4:05 PM >> Subject: [CAUT] Essex uprights >> >> List, >> >> A school has asked my opinion of Essex uprights. I’ve never dealt >> with them. Specifically, would you choose them over a Boston 118S? I >> don’t know models, but I assume it is bottom of the line Essex vs. >> Boston 118S. >> >> We have posted much about the Bostons, which I don’t particularly >> care for, but I can’t find anything on the Essex. >> >> BTW, I am told that the 118Es are a vast improvement over the 118S, >> at about 2K more. Anyone know about the 118E? >> >> Thanks, >> Jim Busby BYU -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 3339 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20080826/1be1cba1/attachment.bin
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