Betsy Ross pianos

[Rozan Brown]

Hi, all!  Guess what I got to work on first thing this morning?  A
Lester spinet (1957) with the waterfall keys.  It didn't say Betsy Ross
anywhere on it.  Would it necessarily?  Is it a "Betsy Ross?"

Anyway, it wasn't such a pleasure to tune...  I've done it several times
before, most recently last February.  My notes say that I pulled it up
to A440 from about 20 cents flat.  Today I found it about 20 cents sharp
(and higher) throughout.  Lots of false beats.  Not the greatest, but at
least nothing broke on me!

Rozan Brown
Madison, WI

> >Is there such a thing as a Betsy Ross piano?
>
> Lester alert! Yes there is, and I tuned one a mere three days ago.
>
>
> >I have see that name used on
> >this list many times and I've always assumed it was a eupenism for an
> >extremely old piano.
>
> Nope, they're very real.