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<font size=3>At 12:56 PM 10/17/2001 -0400, you wrote:<br>
</font><blockquote type=cite cite><font face="arial" size=2>Esteemed
Colleagues: If given the choice (and the piano), which
of these two old instruments would you choose to have as a future
rebuilding project? Which do you feel offers the most potential as
an instrument to keep as your own example of what a fine upright should
be, if either one?</font><font size=3><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2> Jesse French
#57,636 1914</font><font size=3><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2> Kohler and Campbell
#109,825 1909</font><font size=3><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2>Clark Sprague,
RPT</font><font size=3><br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2>Detroit/Windsor
Chapter</font><font size=3></blockquote><br>
Neither one unless the K&C shows potential. Stay as far away
from the J. French as possible. RLH (run like h...)<br>
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However 'rebuilding' is not an investment and if you want it to
display your skills then any piano of notable character would<br>
be a good choice. I don't recall encountering a K&C of this vintage.
It has been my experience that people looking for uprights<br>
of this vintage are more looking in the scope of something less than
$500.<br>
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Stieff would head my upright list. M&H, Baldwin, Bush & Lane,
Kimball just to name a few. Most turn of the century (1900) pianos<br>
were built to impress. J. French was low end and like many of today's
'entry-level' pianos does not exhibit the qualities we<br>
attribute to musical instruments.</font><br>
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Regards,<br>
<br>
Jon Page, piano technician<br>
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.<br>
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