Old Uprights

[JWyatt1492@AOL.COM]

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Hello Clark,

    Of the two pianos that you refer to for rebuilding
the Jesse French is a far better choice with everything
being equal.
     The French and the K. Campbell Co. had two quite
different mind sets  in building pianos.  K&C was a 
holding Co. that bought many brand names. And built
pianos under those names for the mass market. 
      Jesse French on the other had one factory and
built a piano under that name.  They built other names
but in that factory. Their second line piano was  Lagonda 
this was done so they could offer a lower priced piano 
than the Jesse French to their dealers. 
    The scale ' C '   was their most popular upright.
 The W.N.G. action was used in most of their pianos and
most  used the " Norris "  pedal system.
      Jesse French upr. #  70526 was such a piano.    
It had 10 singles and 16 double strings in the bass.
      As a side note,  the back of the sharps was shaped
the same as the front on most pianos.
     The K&Campbell is a far better known piano but
in fact it was not never intended to be of the quality 
as the  J. French. 
     There are upr. pianos whose potential is greater than
the J. French of course the Bush & Lane is my top
choice followed closely by the Thomas Loud. Then 
it would go to specific scales in other pianos  such 
as the ' G '  Mason & Hamlin.  
  
   Hope this helps,
   Jack Wyatt     

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