When is a piano..

[Kevin E. Ramsey]

    How about when it's spelled F-R-A-U-D?  The only time I've seen this is
when someone doing some work on an old beater in their garage-workshop wants
to sell it for more money than is warranted, and they put some other more
reputable logo on the fallboard. I've seen Kimballs with Baldwin stencils!
    Now, if the piano is really rebuilt, rescaled etc. and someone puts
their own name on it, that's something else again, but I've never run into
this.

Kevin E. Ramsey
ramsey@extremezone.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Bondi" <tito@PhilBondi.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 3:23 AM
Subject: When is a piano..


> NOT the piano that's stated on the Fallboard?
>
> This was a question posed to me yesterday..I didn't have a good
answer..the
> questioner was a dealer, who's been dealing for many years..after
discussing
> it for a few minutes, I decided to pose the question here and see what the
> results of the question would be.
>
> ..could it be as simple as a re-scaling re-string, replacing keytops,
> re-finishing the cabinet..or is it much deeper than that?
>
> I thought it was a good question.
>
> Hoping most, or all, of the rebuilders on the list jump in,
> roo(k)
>