<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: Haddorff Vertigrand</title></head><body> <div>At 8:13 pm -0400 19/7/06, J Patrick Draine wrote:</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>I had a customer call regarding her "100 year old" Haddorff<br> "Vertigrand." Her description makes it sound as though it is a "square<br> grand" (although given its name perhaps its a proto spinet?). I'm<br> taking a look at it on Tuesday to see if we can give it some CPR (or<br> recommendations of a mover to dispose of it). Is anyone familiar with</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>this model?</blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>I guess it might be something like this 1907 Steinway "Vertegrand" that happens to be one of the banes of my life at the moment.  To all intents and purposes just a 42" upright piano, in this case rather a nice one.  The things to avoid at all costs are so-called "Upright Iron Grands"</div> <div><br></div> <div>JD</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <div><img src="cid:p06240561c0e48154fb6f@[10.0.0.1].1.0"></div> </body> </html>