Okay, David, I just had a lovely time wandering around your website. One thing wasn't in the FAQ section though --- which pianists played the lovely mp3 files you put at the tops of the pages? Some very neat old recordings ... and it's a very smart thing to include them. I went to every page to be sure I heard all the recordings. Regards, Susan Kline David Boyce wrote: > You're absolutely right, Richard, about the bread on the table! And > they've also got many a family's piano lessons of to an acceptable > start, these little "late production" birdcage pianos. Who made them > - Kemble? One of those little late-era birdcage pianos, if pins tight > an all working OK is still better for a learner, in my opinion, than > even a high-end Digital Piano. > > Where families have to be careful in the UK though, is not to be > fooled by the "modernised" birdcage pianos which LOOK like 1930s but > are really 1880s with casework "modernised" in the 1950s. > > There are plenty of birdcage action pics on the Birdcage Pianos page > of my website, and one on the Buying a Secondhand Piano page. > > http://www.davidboyce.co.uk/birdcage-pianos.php > http://www.davidboyce.co.uk/buying-a-secondhand-piano.php > > Best regards, > > David. > >> I would say that this is the absolute classic, and most probably one >> of the last, overdamper pianos still found all over UK. There must >> be thousands still around. The bent-wood columns and small motif on >> the top door are the first giveaway to what you will find inside. A >> pity the action is not pictured. You can bet your life that the rail >> which lifts all the dampers will be sagging towards the treble. >> However, they still put meals on the table. >> >> Richard > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120723/b8965fdc/attachment.htm>
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