Clunker pianos - what do you do?

[John Formsma]

On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Andrew and Rebeca Anderson <
anrebe at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>  Well Al,
> Maybe we mean different things when we say "clunker".
>
> ...snip...
>


> South Texas weather is brutal to glue joints and everything glued (case,
> hammer-felt, etc.) was coming apart.  You could push a pencil through the
> cracks in the soundboard.
>


>From my listening to others in different regions describe old uprights,
there are certain regions that are "brutal" to pianos, and certain regions
that are not.  I'm in a region that is brutal to them.  When those of us
speak of old uprights as "clunkers," we really do know what we're talking
about (FOR OUR AREA!)  Obviously, the converse is true.  Those uprights in
regions conducive to longevity are probably decent instruments.  We just
hardly see 'em in our regions.  :-)
-- 
JF
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