Cable grand piano

[James Grebe]

The Conover-Cable grands were very good in quality (early 1900's) and had
many design innovations in them.  Age is the thing now, though.
James Grebe
Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair
Artisan of Wood
WWW.JamesGrebe.com
1526 Raspberry Lane
Arnold, MO 63010
pianoman@accessus.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Newell" <gnewell@ameritech.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: Cable grand piano


> David,
>          The Cable name is one of "nothing special, average or run of the
> mill" type quality. They can be good stable instruments for the owner who
> is willing to the proper amount of work on them. Do yourself the favor of
> looking over the entire piano closely before quoting any work and then
> itemize things making sure that you aren't replacing one item when
> something else should be done first. Band-aid's rarely satisfy anyone but
> that's usually all anyone wants to pay for. Skillfully attempt, if you
can,
> to get your client to understand that owning a piano requires regular care
> which necessitates spending money on it, probably regularly. Good Luck!
>
> Greg Newell
>
>
> At 05:01 PM 4/30/2004, you wrote:
> >Hi list!!  Any one familiar with Cable piano's?  New client called, has a
> >"baby grand Cable piano" in need of service, Couple of sticking keys, few
> >notes don't play, hadn't been tuned in 10 years ..!!! I was Just
wondering
> >what to expect as far as quality of this piano!!!
> >
> >Thanks in Advance
> >New to the Biz
> >David West
> >PTG associate
> >Roscoe IL.
>
> Greg Newell
> Greg's piano Forté
> mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
>
>
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