Hello David, The quality of the " Conover Grand Pianos" are the best kept secret in the entire Piano world. You were not specific about this Conover. So I will try to answer in this manner. Please know that in the past 60 odd years I have rebuilt or helped to rebuild at least 20-25 Conovers. In the late seventies or early eighties I bought 7 Conovers in Cleveland O. Two were scale 88 a 6' 3" and 5 were scale 77 a 5" 8. Their small piano 5" 2' was a scale 44 or BB. The 44 was also sold under the Cable name but it was a Conover scale. It is my opinion that the 77 ranks in the top 5 5"7' 5"8's ever built. Almost with the Chickering 145 and the M-H A-3 thru A-6. An oddity exist with the Conovers. It is with the actions. I know of 5 different brands used at the same time period. The ones I know of are W-N-G, Thayer, Seaverns , Strauch Bros., Pratt-Read, and maybe more. I as always am speaking of the real pianos, The thoughts above has nothing to do with any Name that was built God knows where, out of God knows what or how. We do know -- why-- and of course that is ---- MONEY --. Hope this helps, Regards Jack Wyatt Dallas **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000002) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20081017/3a5d32d1/attachment.html
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