Bush and Lane Grand

[Dean May]

Agreed to a point, but one of my clients owns an 80+ year old B&L that is
played regularly and is in outstanding condition, albeit with a somewhat
alligatored finish- though still very pretty. The tone and action are
wonderful. It is in the top five of the finest sounding verticals I service
with very little apparent wear on the action. It has a long back scale bass
bridge and original bass strings. I tune it once a year and barely have to
touch it up. The tuning is always rock solid.

>From the cabinet, to the action, to the scale, to the sound, the piano reeks
craftsmanship, quality design and quality materials.

I told her let me know first if she ever decides to sell. 

I have been impressed with every B&L I've come across, but this one
particularly. YMMV

Dean

Dean May             cell 812.239.3359 

PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272 

Terre Haute IN  47802

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Subject: Re: Bush and Lane Grand

Agreed, thanks.  

Matt


-----Original Message-----
But as Patrick points out, just as is the case with 100 
>year old Bechsteins, Bosendorfers and Mason & Hamlins, all of the B&Ls I've

>seen have been worn to the nubs.
>
>I've owned several Mercedes Benz automobiles. They are very well built 
>automobiles. But after 900,000 miles and 30 years of wear, you probably 
>don't want your teen-aged daughter driving it across country - or even to 
>the grocery store!
>
>When a high quality item is worn out, it becomes a piece of crud. Now some 
>pieces of crud are more viable to rebuild than other pieces of crud, but 
>non-the-less, in their worn-out state, they are indeed pieces of crud.
>
>Terr