----- Original Message ----- From: Ray T. Bentley <Ray@Bentley.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: June 27, 2000 5:48 AM Subject: Re: Knabe grand reputation > THE piano that has caused me the most grief in my 23 years as a piano > technician is a Knabe built about 1975. At every tuning there are hammers > out of alignment rubbing on each other, among other maladies. Often extra > calls were made in between tunings, too. I think the hammer shanks were > installed randomly with no attention paid to the direction of the grain! > Almost anything you can think of has been wrong with this piano from the > beginning. Poor workmanship throughout! To make it worse, it is owned by > an elderly lady who bought it as her "dream" piano as she neared retirement! > She finally gave it to her daughter after her sister died and left her a > Steinway "O" built about 1914! At last she has a fine instrument. > > Ray T. Bentley, RPT > Alton, IL ------------------------------- Ray, That was not a Knabe. That was an Aeolian. Big difference. But it does bring up the ethical question of putting a well respected product name on the 'piano' of your choice -- regardless of quality, design, country of origin, etc. Especially when simultaneously claiming the historic heritage of said well respected product name. Del
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