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[Kevin E. Ramsey]

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David wrote:


    "I think the reason for the poor reputation of Aeolian products =
comes not
from their early years, but from the mediocre products of the second =
half of
the 20th Century -- the cheap, thin-sounding, spinets, consoles, and =
small
grands with poor quality of construction and materials, but carrying =
names
of makes that were once the finer quality pianos, like Chickering, Ivers =
&
Pond, Henry F. Miller, Knabe, Mason & Hamlin, Weber, etc.  On top of =
that is
the slogan along the lines of "made in America by American Craftsmen",
which adds an ironic insult to injury.  It's like the Wessell, Nickel, &
Gross actions -- once the best (early 1900's) but in later years =
(1960's) a
mockery of their former quality."      --David Nereson, RPT, Denver


    I found myself having to tune a few of these kind of pianos at a =
moving sale recently, and remember thinking;"There's a reason these guys =
aren't in business any more."
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