Kimball Whitney

Joe And Penny Goss imatunr@srvinet.com
Mon, 6 Jan 2003 15:24:11 -0700


Avery, You have just been very lucky <G>
I see several out here and all are better than a
 ' Grand ' or Broadwood.
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Avery Todd" <avery@ev1.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: Kimball Whitney


> Clyde,
>
> In all the years I've been a piano tech, I've never seen a Whitney grand!
> I don't even "think" I've seen a Whitney console. Have I missed something
> or is it just old age! :-)
>
> Avery
>
> > > Having only "Kimball Whitney" is not enough to go on.  In my tuning
> > > files I have 16 Whitneys.  Seven are consoles, studios or grands, nine
> > > are spinets.  If it is a vertical piano, it is likely a spinet, but
you
> > > can't say for sure until you see the piano.
> > >
> > > The Whitney spinets I service are low quality instruments, and some of
> > > them sound pretty bad even after they're tuned.  I wouldn't
particularly
> > > encourage a customer to buy one, but some families work on a very
> > > limited budget and we need to recognize that.  Been there.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Clyde Hollinger, RPT
> > >
> > > SUSAN P SWEARINGEN wrote:
> > >
> > > > Any opinions on the quality of Kimball Whitney pianos?  Is it a
> > > > spinet?? A customer of mine is looking at buying one for about $500
> > > > and asked me but I've never tuned one. Thanks in advance for your
> > > > responses. Corte Swearingen
> > >
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