<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>square piano</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Hello. I am familiar with this exact model piano. I service two of = them, and have done extensive work to one of them. Both mine were manufactured = in the 1930s also. The design of the spinet grand is very, very different from = the square grands of the 19th Century. The spinet grand is actually = basically the same as a normal modern grand, but only kinda bent and angled and = squished. The 19th Centruy square grand was fundamentally different in almost every = way, except that the strings were horizontal.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>What else can I tell you. I'm happy to provide whatever info I can. = I just tuned one of them today!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV> <DIV>Piano Tuning & Service</DIV> <DIV>Tampa, Florida</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A></DI= V> <DIV>(813) 684-3505</DIV> <DIV> <SPAN id=__#Ath#SignaturePos__></SPAN> </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=ulrich@rangenet.com href="mailto:ulrich@rangenet.com">Roy = Ulrich</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=jsophy@earthlink.net href="mailto:jsophy@earthlink.net">Joseph Sophy</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 07, 2001 = 11:03 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: square piano</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>The "square" grand ceased production in the = 1880's. I'm forwarding your message to the prestigious "Pianotech List" for = comments from anyone more knowledgeable than myself.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Roy Ulrich</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=jsophy@earthlink.net = href="mailto:jsophy@earthlink.net">Joseph Sophy</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=ulrich@rangenet.com href="mailto:ulrich@rangenet.com">ulrich@rangenet.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 06, 2001 = 8:59 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> square piano</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><TT>Hi,<BR><BR>I found your site when I typed in = "square piano" on my Earthlink search service.  I wondered if you might = be able to shed some light on a puzzle of mine:  I bought a Mathushek = "Spinet Grand" piano a few weeks ago at a local (Phoenix, AZ) piano shop, = and from the serial number on the soundboard I was able to find out that the = piano, a square, was manufactured in 1936--or so says <U>Pierce's Piano = Atlas</U>.  But this seems strange to me, that a square piano was built in = 1936.  Are you aware of such a thing?  I would greatly = appreciate any help you might be able to provide in making this matter clearer.  Thanks.<BR><BR>Yours sincerely,<BR>Joseph Sophy</TT> </BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>