I still have couple of big, partially restored Knabes from the 1890's I'd sell "reasonable". I really don't think you can get a bigger sound in an upright than from these! Thump --- Stephen Airy <stephenairy@fastmail.fm> wrote: > rrgh.. TWICE now I've accidentally hit the bounce > button on my email, > which tells the sender my address doesn't exist... > was a mistake.... > > > I would follow Clyde's advice and keep your > existing piano. If you have > > $500-$750, put it into your existing piano. While > you won't really get the > > money back upon resale, you will learn a lot by > doing whatever work you > > choose to do. > > Sounds like I should talk to my real-life tech > friends, and find out > whether they think I should put some $ into hammers > and other action > parts, or put even more $ into another piano. > > > When you have $5,000 or more to spend, then you > might get the piano of > > your dreams. Definitely play a Charles Walter if > you think that pianos > > under 52" don't sound big enough. > > I played a few C Walters, and they sounded too > small. I'd like to try a > 50" Astin-Weight. A Baldwin 6000 came close to what > I would want (except > wound strings too high), and a Steinway K-52 is > pretty good in the tenor, > but a little lacking in the bass. > > -- > Stephen Airy > stephenairy@fastmail.fm > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
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