3 gorgeous 1890's Knabe uprights for sale, unrestored.

[Farrell]

Perhaps that is a good point Richard that I should consider more closely. Regarding the six Bs I service, the only one that is in a home is the restrung 1904 that is OK. All the others are in churches and performance halls. And yes, you are right, these institutional pianos do certainly see much harsher environmental conditions. Hmmmmm.

OK, that will shut me up from Steinway bashing..............for a while.  ;-)

Terry Farrell
Tail Tucked Between Legs.
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2002 6:53 AM
Subject: Re: 3 gorgeous 1890's Knabe uprights for sale, unrestored.


> Hi Terry.
> 
> Well, you do run into this kind of thing for sure. I ran into an old
> Burely and Boch (never heard of the name before) the other day that had
> a bass to die for. Huge big round boomy full sound. Treble and diskant
> was not all that bad either, tho there was some degree of falsness.
> Still I know of a few S&S grands laying around that dont sound or play
> as nicely. The comparision is really meaningless tho as so much has to
> do with how the things have been treated through the years. Personally,
> I have yet to see a wrecked Steinway that hasnt been.... wrecked. Put
> them in a nice climate, and take care of them and they all are nice.
> Some better then others to be sure... but just so.
> 
> btw... Nice comments from Bill and Dale.
> 
> Cheers
> RicB
> 
> Farrell wrote:
> > 
> > I just tuned a teflon B the other day that would get its lid blown off by many old uprights. Not all that unusual. Killer octave was a good three octaves wide! Tubby bass strings. That didn't leave much. Except for clickity clack, clickity clack.
> > 
> > Terry Farrell
> > 
> >
> 
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