<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mjbkspal@execpc.com = href="mailto:mjbkspal@execpc.com">Mike Spalding</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 03, 2003 = 9:42 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Bottom was top ten = pianos</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any vertical with the word "grand" in = its name</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tune4u@earthlink.net href="mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net">tune4u@earthlink.net</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 03, 2003 = 5:05 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Bottom was top ten pianos</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656265122-03032003>Okay, now here's that other = list. I'll start:</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656265122-03032003></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656265122-03032003>1. Lester "Betsy = Ross"</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656265122-03032003></SPAN><SPAN = class=656265122-03032003>2. Any piano with the word "Winter" in the name</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656265122-03032003></SPAN><SPAN = class=656265122-03032003>3. Most church "basement" or rec-room pianos</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656265122-03032003></SPAN><SPAN = class=656265122-03032003>4. PA Stark and similar 60's spinets</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656265122-03032003></SPAN><SPAN = class=656265122-03032003>5. Gulbransen spinets/consoles</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656265122-03032003>6. Pianos that have been = underwater more than 6 decades</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656265122-03032003>7. Any piano with bass = string diameters exceeding, say, 1/2 inch <G></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656265122-03032003>...</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656265122-03032003></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656265122-03032003>Your turn.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656265122-03032003></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656265122-03032003>Alan Barnard</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656265122-03032003>Salem, MO</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656265122-03032003></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656265122-03032003><FONT = size=2>  </FONT><FONT size=3>  Heck, in terms of servicing, except for No. 6, those = are beauties compared to:</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656265122-03032003></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656265122-03032003>1. Lindner (all plastic action = except hammers, shanks, maybe butts; keys "snap-on" to aluminum "balance = rail") </SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656265122-03032003>2. Eavestaff minipiano = (British; many varieties, apparently; some built stateside by Hardman, Peck = & Co., New York; very difficult  to      regulate and/or tune some models)</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656265122-03032003>3. Baldwin electropiano (all = plastic action; some parts near impossible to remove/replace; tuning pins on = back of piano; you almost have to "ride" it to tune it)</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656265122-03032003>4. Aeolian Melodipro (64-note drop-action with Helpinstill pickups behind strings which prevent = "normal" insertion of temperament strips or even handle mutes; late 70's = to mid-80's, came in "road case" [black box on = wheels])</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656265122-03032003>5. Kincaid (the 80's consoles = were cheaply and hastily made by the Grand Piano Co. in No. Carolina; = tinny, terrible)</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656265122-03032003>6. Kranich & Bach grands = where the soft pedal raises the hammer line</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656265122-03032003>7. a certain 19th century tiny = grand (I forget the name) where the back rail was an inclined plane and the = action had to be shoved upwards into place</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656265122-03032003>8. almost any piano with = overdampers (birdcage action)</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656265122-03032003>9. almost any square = piano</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656265122-03032003>10. Horugel ("Horrible") -- = plastic tinker-toy pianos; there's a Russian brand that's similar -- = Euterpe, or something</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656265122-03032003>11. spinets where the action = won't come out or go back in without removing keys </SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656265122-03032003></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656265122-03032003>After those, your =  Winter, Grand, Poole, some Curriers, mid-20th Century Kimballs, etc. </SPAN>is = getting into the nicer low-end pianos . . . . </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656265122-03032003><FONT size=2>         = </FONT><FONT size=3>--Dave Nereson, RPT, Denver</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=656265122-03032003><FONT size=2></FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656265122-03032003><FONT = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656265122-03032003><FONT = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=656265122-03032003><FONT = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN = class=656265122-03032003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCK= QUOTE></BODY></HTML>