Stieff upright

[Farrell]

Why restrict Knabes to late 20s? I just pulled apart an 1893 Knabe that was built quite like a tank - open block, full grand-like pinblock/plate flange and full plate flange on bottom of plate/piano. Most ribs still had about a 40-foot radius curve to them. Oh, and the termites loved the way it tasted!

Terry Farrell
  
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Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: Stieff upright


> In a message dated Wed, 22 May 2002 11:53:17 AM Eastern Daylight Time, David Ilvedson <ilvey@sbcglobal.net> writes:
> 
> >I would be interested in a top ten/twenty list of uprights for 
> >rebuilding...solid well built pianos. Beyond the obvious: Steinway, Mason 
> >& Hamlin, Baldwin (other obvious ones?)...
> >
> >David I.
> 
> My list would include, 
> Stieffs,
> Conover and Conover Cables,
> Krakauer
> Bush and Lane
> Bush and Gerts
> late 20's Knabes
> late 20's Chickerings
> Steinerts
> some Humes
> 
> The ultimate authority on this subject would probably be Jack Wyatt (I think he was there when these pianos were being built). (:)
> 
> David Koelzer
> DFW