One of best pianos ever made. Better than Steinway, IMHO. WN&G action. The "flagship" model of the Cable Co., designed by Gerz, who also redesisgned the Mason line in the late 1890's. ( So called the "poor man's Mason" ) Sound a lot like Masons. They were marketed plenty to schools and such, who didn't want to pay a premium for a durable, quality piano, just because it said "S*****y" on it. Also, often had the cost-cutting feature of celluloid keytops. ( Which I prefer to ivory, for numerous reasons. ) Very uniform. All sound similar. But almost all have loose tuning pins, because of some flaw in the pinblock design. You may have to CA the block. ( From top first, then tap pins, then from inside action cavity with piano upside down if still loose. ) Or restring. Model 66 5'2" (?) 77 5'8" 88 6'2" 99 7'4" Euphonious Thumpe --- On Thu, 10/16/08, David's Email <ilvey at sbcglobal.net> wrote: > From: David's Email <ilvey at sbcglobal.net> > Subject: conover grand > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech at ptg.org>, "College and University Technicians" <caut at ptg.org> > Date: Thursday, October 16, 2008, 10:02 PM > List, > > Any insights into a Conover grand piano? > Donation...I'm looking at it next week. Appropriate for > a practice studio? > > David I. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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