Sweet Betsy from...

[Richard Brekne]

Hi Terry....

One for the Giffer I guess eh ?  Origional soundboard or could you tell 
? And how old was this thing ? Curious minds want to know :)

Cheers
RicB

Farrell wrote:

>Some pianos will amaze you. Yesterday I tuned (for the third time) a
>Steinway L that the lady had bought a few years ago "rebuilt" (new strings,
>dampers, hammers and a paint job) from the local Steinway dealer. I last
>tuned it 16 months ago. It sits right next to a three-pane sliding glass
>patio door leading out to the pool. All I really did was clean up some
>unisons. 95% of the notes were within one cent of target - and maybe there
>were up to a half-dozen in the low tenor that were up to 2 cents off. I
>reached under the belly rail expecting to find a hot DC rod - but none was
>installed.
>
>Very stable piano. Amazed me. I remember when I tuned it that I was
>concerned whether the tuning would last long enough for me to cash the check
>because the tuning pins are very tight and they did the 1098-type
>flagpoling. But I guess I did something right.
>
>Maybe that's what is amazing!
>
>And BTW, no killer octave. Pretty nice piano (horrible bicord section
>though - sounded like it belonged on Conrad's Betsy Ross spinet).
>
>Terry Farrell
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