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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks, Mr . Wyatt, and all others =
who replied
to this thread! They want to take one of the old ones out to the =
street,
and paint it red, white and blue to show our patriotism to the world, =
and these
two are the ones that we have at the moment. The other choice was =
to
sledge hammer them both, so I decided maybe to take one of them , to =
save it
from eternal destruction. The French has a nicer =
cabinet.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Clark</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=JWyatt1492@AOL.COM
href="mailto:JWyatt1492@AOL.COM">JWyatt1492@AOL.COM</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, October 18, =
2001 12:05
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Old Uprights</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>Hello =
Clark,
<BR><BR> Of the two pianos that you refer to for =
rebuilding
<BR>the Jesse French is a far better choice with everything <BR>being =
equal.
<BR> The French and the K. Campbell Co. had two =
quite
<BR>different mind sets in building pianos. K&C was a
<BR>holding Co. that bought many brand names. And built <BR>pianos =
under those
names for the mass market. <BR> Jesse =
French on
the other had one factory and <BR>built a piano under that name. =
They
built other names <BR>but in that factory. Their second line piano was =
Lagonda <BR>this was done so they could offer a lower priced =
piano
<BR>than the Jesse French to their dealers. <BR> The =
scale '
C ' was their most popular upright. <BR>The W.N.G. action =
was used
in most of their pianos and <BR>most used the " Norris " =
pedal
system. <BR> Jesse French upr. # =
70526 was
such a piano. <BR>It had 10 singles and 16 double =
strings
in the bass. <BR> As a side note, =
the back
of the sharps was shaped <BR>the same as the front on most pianos.
<BR> The K&Campbell is a far better known =
piano but
<BR>in fact it was not never intended to be of the quality <BR>as the =
J.
French. <BR> There are upr. pianos whose =
potential is
greater than <BR>the J. French of course the Bush & Lane is my top =
<BR>choice followed closely by the Thomas Loud. Then <BR>it would go =
to
specific scales in other pianos such <BR>as the ' G ' =
Mason &
Hamlin. <BR> <BR> Hope this helps,
<BR> Jack Wyatt </FONT>
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