[pianotech] unusual english piano

[John Ross]

This is one of the 'dreaded' 'birdcage action' pianos.
The cheap ones are no good.
I have ran across a couple of German ones that were surprisingly better, 
than the inexpensive English ones, which this one is.
I wouldn't even consider it worth tuning, and would certainly not recommend 
anyone buy it.
Just my take.
John Ross,
Windsor, Nova Scotia
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel Carlton" <carltonpiano at sbcglobal.net>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 12:43 PM
Subject: [pianotech] unusual english piano


never seen one like this. wondering if anyone knows anything about it.
john delacour, you ever seen one of these? it's at an estate sale, and
the woman running the sale needs info and an approximate value. it's
been pinned with either 1 or 2 moden pins, not sure if they're 1s
because my pin gauge starts at 2. the strings are regular piano
strings. some pins are loose, so not holding pitch. keys are not
bushed. no iron plate, just an piece of iron for the hitch pin area. i
don't see much value in it in the state it's in, but is there any
value otherwise?

thanks!

Daniel Carlton





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