Ivers and Ponds

[Bill Ballard]

At 9:37 PM -0400 10/18/99, Dan M. Hallett, Jr.. wrote:
>     Dear List:   I recently purchased an Ivers and Pond 5'3"  Grand built
>in 1911 and plan to rebuild it. Have any of you words of wisdom for
>possible problems or other good things that might be encountered?    Dan
>Hallett

I never saw an I&P from Q1 of this century which didn't have a dead board.
How's yours? I&P's grand cases were always right up to snuff, right up
there with thier vertical cases. But it seemed there was something about
putting a board into a vertical case, which they weren't getting right with
their grand rims.

I&P made their pianos with great pride, but among the local (Boston) makers
in that era, I liked HF Miller more.

Bill Ballard, RPT
New Hampshire Chapter, PTG

"No one builds the *perfect* piano, you can only remove the obstacles to
that perfection during the building."
    ...........LaRoy Edwards