[CAUT] Astin Weight upright

[Paul Williams]

Thanks, Keith.  Yup, this is the big monster with an actually nice wood finish on it.  Would teak oil or something work on it.  It's pretty nice looking, so I'm not lookiing into getting into a big deal for it.  We just want it out of here.

Would $7-800 be a fair price? It will take a very special buyer looking for that sort of European wood finish style.  It's a little funky looking to me…no fallboard.

Paul


From: Keith Kopp <keith_kopp at byu.edu<mailto:keith_kopp at byu.edu>>
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Date: Thursday, July 26, 2012 10:40 AM
To: "caut at ptg.org<mailto:caut at ptg.org>" <caut at ptg.org<mailto:caut at ptg.org>>
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Astin Weight upright

Paul,

When I was the manager of a retail store in Idaho in the late 70’s were an Astin Weight dealer. Don Weight delivered the pianos to us in person. As I recall he was the man behind the piano design. His partner Ray Astin did the action design. The sound board did indeed extend to the top of the piano giving it a big sound. The soundboard did not have any cut offs. There were no back posts in the piano. The massive full plate made up for the lack of posts hence the weight. Customers who came into the store looking for a sound like old uprights that they grew up with loved the piano. Piano tuners did not like them. At one time we had a recital/concert that we provided two pianos for. One was a grand and the other an Astin Weight. They were to be played together. We had to replace the Astin Weight because the sound was too big for the grand. Some of the pianos were made with a case without a finish on it. The piano case was to be oiled. If a little stain was added to the oil you could change the case color. In my opinion you could get a good price out of it but it will be bought by a customer who is looking for that particular sound. Since they were made in Utah we do run across them more often than you would outside the area. They also introduced a grand that had rounded case without the traditional cut out design. I believe that was made for the off-shore.

Keith Kopp, RPT
BYU Piano Shop
Work 801-422-3400
Cell 801-592-4842
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From: caut-bounces at ptg.org<mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org> [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Dale Erwin
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 10:42 PM
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Subject: Re: [CAUT] Astin Weight upright

   Paul
    I have see one Astin weight upright. A very interesting and well thought out design. The soundbaord extends up behind the pinblock. Real tall bridges very mass-y. Great sustain. Mediocre action. I liked it. $500 ?
You deliver?
Dale Erwin
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From:Paul Williams<mailto:pwilliams4 at unl.edu>

Subject: [CAUT] Astin Weight upright

Hi all,

We have an Astin Weight upright from the mid 80's about to be put up for sale.  It's heavy as the dickens!  What's it worth?  I've only seen this one.  We tried to sell it a year ago, but nobody bid on it.  Any takers? I'll connect you with the link when we try again in a few weeks.
Just need to know what it's worth.

Also a Baldwin M from 1964 in good shape.  Please spread the word and let me know.

Paul




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