Kimball Whitney

[Farrell]

I just made an appointment today to service a 1940s Janssen (or Jensen) grand piano. The dude just bought it for $750. No doubt quite a gem. His wife (who had 9 years of lessons) said that "it didn't seem to play like I remember pianos playing". Da. Should be a fun one.

Did Janssen or Jensen ever really make a grand piano - or at least one with horizontal strings - I'm sure there are some Janssen spinets laying on their backs with horizontal strings in the dump!

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Avery Todd" <avery@ev1.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 4:52 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! :-)
>