oddities puzzler

[Farrell]

Hello Susan Kline. The Bush & Lane Upright Grand I service (only been there
twice) is serial #57289, and manufactured in 1920. It is 50 inches tall. The
tone.....well.....depressing some keys make a sound reminiscent of a piano
(piano-like sound perhaps). Other keys make a variety of noises. It sounds
like your typical well worn 80 year old upright. Hard to tell what it COULD
sound like. Built like a major-league truck though.

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan Kline" <sckline@home.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: oddities puzzler


>
> >
> >
> > >I service a Bush & Lane "Upright Grand". Yea, sure, I thought the first
time
> > >I saw it. But the plate is four sectioned, with the top two having real
capo
> > >bars, and the other two having agraffes. And upon looking at the back,
low
> > >and behold, was a full laminated bent rim on the two sides and bottom
within
> > >the square outer case. Truly was a grand that was upright - but, of
course,
> > >the beast did have a seemingly standard upright action. A real pain
getting
> > >mutes in around the capo bars also - the hammer go right up to them!
> > >
> > >Terry Farrell
>
> This is interesting, because I like Bush & Lane, and own a 1906 upright.
> Could you tell me the age or serial number of this overachieving upright?
> I have a soft spot for overbuilt pianos. How is the tone?
>
>
> >This grand seemed to me like it was a pretty nice instrument at one time,
> >and could be again if it wasn't trapped forevermore in church donation
> >purgatory, where all hope is abandoned upon entry. Too bad, I'd love to
> >take a whack at it.
> >
> >Ron N
>
> Hi, Ron. Why don't you try crossing the church's palm with silver?
> Since churches are chronically short of money (which is why one can
> only pray for their pianos) they might respond to being offered some.
> Some churches already feel that they own too many pianos. So long as
> there isn't an encumbrance on it from a will, you might have a shot
> at it. Or offer a barter to get their other pianos tuned/fixed?
>
> Oh, by the way, maybe the counterbearing bar slipped forward when
> someone wanted to twist the bass strings and tried to do them
> all at once instead of a few at a time. Or maybe a kid had some
> fun. Any marks on the tuning pins?
>
> Susan
>