[pianotech] Civil war era piano

[Farrell]

Sounds like fun. Hey, go see it - ya never know.....

FWIW, I tuned a Civil War Era upright piano one time. As a matter of fact, it was well established that the home had been empty since the Civil War - so the piano had not been tuned in about 130 years! It was a little more than five semi-tones flat. I brought it up to two semi-tones flat - and was going to try for the rest of the way on a subsequent appointment, but never heard from them again....

Terry Farrell
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Matthew Todd 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 11:52 AM
  Subject: [pianotech] Civil war era piano


        I just got an e-mail from someone wanting piano work done on their 1865 Emerson upright.

        She states the piano needs some work, and also says she wants to keep all the original parts.

        According to Reblitz, this piano is classified as an antique.

        My first call would be to set up an appointment to actually look at the PSO....err, I mean piano.


        TODD PIANO WORKS 
        Matthew Todd, Piano Technician 
        (979) 248-9578
        http://www.toddpianoworks.com 
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