Just when I take a crack at a piano type, along comes the exception. Today I tuned a 1951 M&H 40" console (no tension resonator - I wonder why - other M&H consoles have had them) that I last tuned 21 months ago. At that time I raised the pitch up to 25 cents. Today, not a single note was more than two cents off where I left it 21 months ago - and it is in a church, and was moved from another church about a month ago. Also, it has one of the cleanest treble sections I have ever heard, not a false beat to be found. I told the guy, if a little console does it for him, that one is a keeper. Quite a pleasure to tune. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 7:42 AM Subject: Re: Mason & Hamlin console probably > Your initial impression sounds accurate to me. I service several of these > generally yucky pianos. > > Terry Farrell > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Clyde Hollinger" <cedel@supernet.com> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 5:10 PM > Subject: Mason & Hamlin console probably > > > > Friends, > > > > I just had a call from a woman who wants to sell her Mason and Hamlin > > piano. She bought it new about 1978 and it's a vertical. Do Mason & > > Hamlin consoles command a premium because of the name? Was their > > console anything more than average? > > > > I think I saw a Mason & Hamlin console from about that era one time, and > > I was surprised they would stoop to put their name on what appeared to > > be an ordinary console. I didn't tune it or work on it, though, so I > > was just going by what I saw. It was at a church camp, so not > > particularly well cared for. > > > > Regards, > > Clyde > > > > >
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