Stieff upright

[Greg Torres]

Susan,

All the Mehlins I have encountered were excellent. My first was an early
1900's 'cabinet grand' which when I acquired was well over 300 cents flat
overall with dead bass strings. I yanked the beast up to pitch and the piano
just came back to life. It had a nice, powerful tone with very good
sustaining qualities.

Another one was a 5' 7" Mehlin grand which had a slanted soundboard and both
bridges had oval shaped holes throughout which reminded me of violin
bridges. The bass bridge was interesting as there was no apron/shelf and if
I remember it was around 5 or 6 inches tall.

Again, that piano had a sweet yet powerful tone with tremendous sustain.

Best,
Greg

----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan Kline" <sckline@attbi.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 10:18 PM
Subject: Re: Stieff upright


You wrote:
>> Do you like Mehlins? Now, there are some _designed_ pianos!
>
> Regards likewise,
>
> Susan
>