QUESTION ABOUT AN OLD PIANO

[John Ross]

John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <david at piano.plus.com>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 5:45 AM
Subject: Re: QUESTION ABOUT AN OLD PIANO


> Like some others here, a large proportion of my work - at least 80% is old
> uprights.
>
> Some are lovely, fine-quality instruments, and some are horrid cheapo late
> 19th century English "cottage industry" pianos that were very poor even
> when brand new.  I can be pretty severe with people who have one of those
> and talk about "sentimental value, it was my Great-Granny's, etc".  I ask
> "And do you keep your Great-Granny's car because of sentimental value?"



Great-Granny's car, is a wrong comparison. I would love to have anyone's, 
Great Granny's car. :-)





> Best regards,
>
> David B.
>
> P.S. I'm talking of ordinary dowel-type capstans here.  Two-screw rocker
> arrangements with attached stickers, as found on some old uprights here,
> would be much less likely to be a "freebie"!
>