Yes, t5he big ones were better, of course, but some of theearly spinets were, IMHO, surprisingly well made, too. Depends on condition. (Wurlitzer, of copuyrse, made a lot of very durable coin pianos ) Thump --- tune4u@earthlink.net wrote: > New client yesterday. 1942 Wurly console w/short > direct action. > > Beautiful art deco cabinet with veneer on the sides > that wrapped around a > curved front above the keys. Has three separate lid > sections, the center one > also held down with three screws and includes the > vertical part (like a > mini-Hamilton studio lid). Never could figure out > how to remove the music > shelf, had to take out 6 screws and remove the desk > to get it out of my way. > Fascinating bit of furniture. > > Did a 100+c PR then tuned. Unisons fell into place > better and with less > whine than most Wurlitzers I've seen, so I had > hopes! Then I played the > piano. Yuck, ugo, bleah. Sounds like crap. > Well-tuned crap, but crap > nonetheless. > > I've got no big upright W's in my area. Were they > better? I have NEVER seen > a console-sized one of any vintage that I thought > sounded good. > > Just me? > > Alan Barnard > Salem, MO > > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org > [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On > Behalf Of gordon stelter > Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 7:24 AM > To: Pianotech > Subject: Aeolian crap > > > Yes, Del, > Aeolian's later stuff is utter crap. But let us > not forget that prior to 1930 they made Webers, > Stecks, and Strouds, and put those beautifully built > player systems into Steinways. All of it top-notch > stuff " 'way back when"! > Thump > > --- Delwin D Fandrich <pianobuilders@olynet.com> > wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "J Patrick Draine" <draine@attbi.com> > > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> > > Sent: May 15, 2003 2:34 PM > > Subject: Re: Henry F. Miller > > > > > > > > > > On Thursday, May 15, 2003, at 04:53 PM, Delwin > D > > Fandrich wrote: > > > > The so-called piano > > > > cobbled together by Ivors & Pond (if memory > > serves) in Memphis during > > > > the > > > > sixties was also not a Henry F Miller. > > > > > > American Aeolian are the folks to blame, if my > > memory cells are > > > reliable. Ivers & Pond was another pleasant > Boston > > area company which > > > suffered the same fate. > > > > > > Patrick Draine > > > > > > You're probably right. Aeolian wrote the book on > > deceptively exploiting > > good old piano names. > > > > Del > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. > http://search.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > _______________________________________________ > 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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