[pianotech] Spinets making music

[Ryan Sowers]

Thanks for sharing Ron! Very musical playing. I didn't notice the bobbling
hammers that someone else mentioned.

Here is a link to the post on piano world:
http://www.pianoworld.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/1591011/1.html

Susan: About the tuning, be aware that Bill Bremmer had just tuned the piano
in EBVT III. Personally I thought the  piano sounded delightful given the
instrument. Maybe it would have sounded better to your ear ET.

I enjoy working on some spinets, and always have one or two in my inventory.
They usually sell reasonably fast. They aren't big money makers, but I can
usually get them for between $200-500, and sell them for between $1300-2500
depending on condition and model.

Obviously this person is a talented player with excellent musical
sensibilities. So when I hear piano technicians say things like "Spinets
aren't real pianos", or "they aren't worth working on" , I just roll my
eyes.

But, I'm also one of those people who's ears prick up at the bubbly sound of
an old air-cooled VW engine too!


On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 7:10 AM, Ron Koval <drwoodwind at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On my wanderings across the web I came across this:
>
> http://www.box.net/shared/ur16y8drne
>
> An owner-posted recording of some of Bach's Goldberg variations
> that almost has a forte-piano sound to it.  The instrument?
> A Lester spinet.  Just like "car" is used to describe a wide
> range of vehicles, "piano" includes a wide range of instruments.
>
> I see it as a challenge to see how well I can make a spinet play
> by just tuning alone - using the same time as a regular appointment.
> While it is good sport to bash the little pianos, it might just be
> our approach to tuning that contributes to the sound we often expect
> to hear from spinets.
>
> "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different
> results."
> Albert Einstein
>
> Ron Koval
> chicagoland
>
>




-- 
Ryan Sowers, RPT
Puget Sound Chapter
Olympia, WA
www.pianova.net
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