At 11:52 AM -0500 12/10/01, Wimblees@AOL.COM wrote: >Question. Did Collard & Collard make 6' grand pianos in the 1820's. >It is overstrung, with two pedals. The pins are square, Definitely later than 1870, then. I'm pretty sure they made straight-strung grands well into the '90s and have not myself seen an overstrung that old, though that means nothing since I haven't much experience of Collards. The firm, previously Clementi, had a long and distinguished pedigree. A local dealer recently had a 6' straight strung which had a beautiful sound. > and the action is the older kind. (I am sure there is name for it, >but I can't remember it. I have seen this kind of action before. It >is very difficult to regulate). Is it the English action or just a rough-looking Erard-Herz (Steinway) type. C&C made their own actions and by all accounts the action factory was quite laughable. They look very amateurish and work after a fashion, but the geometry in every grand I've seen is hopeless and they squeak like hell at the pilot top. In England the ultimate price would not warrant any major redesign of the action so most people just make the best of what's there. In brief, nicish piano, lousy action JD
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