Piano tuner haters

[Richard Moody]

Bush and Lane ---  One of the better upright pianos. I know of one in
original condition I would bring to the Convention to challange any
others for "best of tone for old uprights, original or rebuilt. "
This would make a wimp out of any modern upright....Steinway,
Bechstein, Grotrian, Kawai, Yamaha.....etc..etc..
    To be fair I do know of even better uprights.  ---- a Knabe of
1920 and 3 Baldwins of 1909.  What an exhibition these  would make on
the same platform.  What is the retail price of a Bechstein 50 inch
upright made in 2002?  ---ric



----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 4:56 PM
Subject: Piano tuner haters


| I had the misfortune to tune a Bush & Lane upright piano yesterday.
Never
| have I have such a difficult time tuning a piano, but not for the
usual
| reasons.  The plate construction of this piano was such that it was
next to
| impossible to mute the strings in the top 3 octaves: there was about
1/2"
| clearance between the top of the hammers and a big old plate strut.
Two
| mutes were impossible; I was lucky to get one stuck in there. So I
had to
| tune one string with a second string ringing, hoping to get close,
then tune
| the second string and see where I was.   The people who made that
piano must
| hate piano tuners.
|
| Tom Sivak