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<font size="-1"><font face="Courier New, Courier, monospace">Okay,
David, I just had a lovely time wandering around your website. <br>
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One thing wasn't in the FAQ section though --- which pianists played <br>
the lovely mp3 files you put at the tops of the pages? Some very neat <br>
old recordings ... and it's a very smart thing to include them. <br>
I went to every page to be sure I heard all the recordings.<br>
<br>
Regards, <br>
Susan Kline<br>
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David Boyce wrote:
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<font face="Arial">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. <br>
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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. <br>
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There are plenty of birdcage action pics on the Birdcage Pianos page of
my website, and one on the Buying a Secondhand Piano page.<br>
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href="http://www.davidboyce.co.uk/birdcage-pianos.php">http://www.davidboyce.co.uk/birdcage-pianos.php</a><br>
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href="http://www.davidboyce.co.uk/buying-a-secondhand-piano.php">http://www.davidboyce.co.uk/buying-a-secondhand-piano.php</a><br>
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Best regards,<br>
<br>
David.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">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.<br>
However, they still put meals on the table.<br>
<br>
Richard<br>
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