[pianotech] Info on Kirchman Piano

[Joseph Garrett]

David,
NOT my customer. Just responding to a previous post.
Joe

Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon)
Captain, Tool Police
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> [Original Message]
> From: David Ilvedson <ilvey at sbcglobal.net>
> To: <pianotech at ptg.org>; <joegarrett at earthlink.net>
> Date: 4/28/10 9:39:25 AM
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Info on Kirchman Piano
>
> Googled Kirchman...nothing.   Googled Kirkman and lots on the UK piano
website...
> Joe, maybe the customer gave you the wrong spelling?   
>
> David Ilvedson, RPT
> Pacifica, CA  94044
>
> ----- Original message ----------------------------------------
> From: "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett at earthlink.net>
> To: JD at Pianomaker.co.uk; pianotech at ptg.org
> Received: 4/28/2010 9:16:45 AM
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Info on Kirchman Piano
>
>
> >JD
> >You really need to read more carefully. The name in question is KirCHman,
> >not KirKman. Different animal, same island.<G>
> >Joe
>
> >Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon)
> >Captain, Tool Police
> >Squares R I
>
>
>
> >> [Original Message]
> >> From: John Delacour <JD at Pianomaker.co.uk>
> >> To: <joegarrett at earthlink.net>; <pianotech at ptg.org>
> >> Date: 4/28/10 3:16:59 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Info on Kirchman Piano
> >>
> >> At 23:34 -0700 27/4/10, Joseph Garrett wrote:
> >>
> >> >A (new) customer called me today saying she had just acquired a very
old
> >> >Kirchman parlor grand piano. Her own research yielded a model number
of
> >S -
> >> >R1, (cast in the plate), and a serial number of 14008, (stamped in the
> >> >wood). But that's where it ends. And it is not listed in Pierce. She
says
> >> >she was told by the previous owner that Kirchman was manufactured, in
> >> >Boston, for a very short time in the early 1900's by two former
> >employees of
> >> >Steinway. Has anyone here ever heard of it? Can anyone shed any light?
> >> >
> >> >As far as I can ascertain, it's an English pianer!
> >>
> >> It is Kirkman.  Number 14008 will probably be early 1860s before they 
> >> changed to higher tensions and the "modern" sound.  What do you want 
> >> to know about it?  I have most of the answers and several Kirkmans of 
> >> different periods.  Kirkman was the best English maker in my opinion 
> >> but their best pianos were made slightly later after they changed to 
> >> the higher tension scales, cast-iron plates etc.  This one will be a 
> >> bit old-fashioned in sound.  They are nice to work on and very 
> >> consistent.
> >>
> >> JD
> >>
> >>
> >>
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