I don't know when Vose was picked up by Aeolian, but it was certainly after 1930, after the merger with American ( which didn't carry Vose pre-1930, either. ) I DO know that Voses were top-of-the line pianos in the 1890's-early 1900's, like Sohmers, Everetts, Ivers and Ponds and Emersons and, with a reputation among wealthy customers to uphold, probably still pretty well built by 1928. The tuner probably told her that the pinblock was cracked, and she confused this with the soundboard. ( Which might be cracked as well ). Thump --- Dave Smith <dsmith941@comcast.net> wrote: > I am curious if anyone knows what to expect of this > era Vose & Son's piano.. > Don't want to ask Terry to waste time on a wild > goose chase, but I am > wondering if this might be a good next project in my > learning curve. > > I am frankly a bit confused after reading about Vose > in The Piano Book and > Pierce Atlas. Looks like this was made in Boston, > pre- Aeolian. So maybe > a pretty good piano when built. Does anyone know > more? > > Dave Smith > SW FL > > > >I got a call from a lady this morning that wants to > give away her 1928 Vose > & Sons 5' 8" grand piano. She says its apperance is > good and all the keys > work. Her last tooner said that because the > soundboard was >cracked, the > piano could not be tuned! Yeah, right. > > > > Anybody want a piano? > > > > Terry Farrell > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com
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