Dear list, Just a comment on a lovely upright piano that I tuned today: a Sohmer 100th Anniversary model, 45" upright, built in 1972. It's now in tough shape, spending its final days in a church in Manhattan. But what an instrument when it was young! : incredible gild-painted backchecks; beautiful green muting felt under the strings between the pins and the v-bar; good solid hammers with an orange-colored core felt; a plate that still glows a rich golden color. Ah, Sohmer. Known in New York as "the poor man's Steinway." Sad to see the name go. Thank you. Sincerely, Tom Sheehan, RPT NYC Chapter aquinas@nyct.net
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