Best American uprights EVER built

[Dean May]

I would definitely concur. Ivers & Pond turn of the century uprights are
consistently some of the best I've seen.

Dean

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-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of gordon stelter
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 1:03 PM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: Re: Best American uprights EVER built

Some American and German uprights from 1885-1915 are
the "best ever", IMHO. Especially those with fanned
rib patterns, laminated ribs, and plates that go right
through the piano bottom for maximum string length.
There is no question that the 1902 Ivers and Pond I
got for a friend will, for example, "blow the doors
off" a new, $25,000 Schimmel ( very good piano ) if he
ever gets it restored. Knabes from that era are built
like Swiss watches! There are also a lot of smaller
companies that "came and went" in that era, probably
because they tried to "out do" each other in quality,
and couldn't cut a  profit. 
    I have NEVER seen better uprights, than fine
examples from that era, especially those from
1895-1905.
     Peace,
     G


--- RicB <ricb at pianostemmer.no> wrote:

> Grin... I love your specificity Jon ! 
> 
> Elstewize I have to say that there were really so
> very many really good 
> sounding / performing instruments made on both sides
> of the pond round 
> or just after the turn of the century its kind of
> hard to even think 
> about <<the best>>.  Seems like one can say that the
> best period in 
> piano building has past.... despite the fact that we
> have a more full 
> body of scientific "knowledge" about what pianos are
> about.  The 
> empircal knowledge base that had so very large a
> pool to grow on has 
> largely disappeared.... and with it a lot of seat of
> the pants knowhow.  
> And with out that... all the math models in the
> world are of little use.
> 
> Cheers
> RicB
> 
> 
>     I would however place S&S uprights and Acrosonic
> spinets in the same
>     sentence.
>     -- 
> 
>     Regards,
> 
>     Jon Page
> 
> 



 
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