3 gorgeous 1890's Knabe uprights for sale, unrestored.

[Farrell]

You are absolutely right Dale. Of course. I was just blowing off frustration over another poorly performing Steinway grand. I didn't even mention that I had to interrupt my tuning 4 times to yank the action, remove a whippen, and glue the jack tender back on (you know, the same frustrating feeling when tuning a Besty Ross Spinet with crunchy plastic elbows).

But on the other hand, look at your average B out in the wilderness. I service six of them regularly. Only one of them, a 1904 B that was restrung, could hold its own against your run of the mill 1950s Baldwin Acrosonic - although this B also has a poor killer octave area. A couple of mine are from the 20s, but the rest are from the mid 1940s to the mid 1970s. And let's not even get into the Mack-truck actions.

Certainly a half-dozen is not a fair sampling. I'll give you that. But they should function as well as an Acrosonic over time, and I have not observed that. I'll wait to be convinced otherwise.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Erwinspiano@aol.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2002 12:41 AM
Subject: Re: 3 gorgeous 1890's Knabe uprights for sale, unrestored.


> In a message dated 12/21/2002 7:12:24 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
> mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes:
> 
> > Subj: Re: 3 gorgeous 1890's Knabe uprights for sale, unrestored. 
> >  Date: 12/21/2002 7:12:24 PM Pacific Standard Time
> >  From: <A HREF="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A>
> >  Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>
> >  To: <A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>
> >  Sent from the Internet 
> > 
> >        Yes but that was my point. The bass strings were shot so it's not a 
> > fair comparison. A good S&S B with good board and bass strings is a match 
> > for at least two uprights. I like uprights but I can'r relate to this 
> > comparison as all things being equal because they're not IMHO.
> 
>        Dale Erwin
> 
> > 
> > I just tuned a teflon B the other day that would get its lid blown off by 
> > many old uprights. Not all that unusual. Killer octave was a good three 
> > octaves wide! Tubby bass strings. That didn't leave much. Except for 
> > clickity clack, clickity clack.
> > 
> > Terry Farrell
> >  
> 
>