Beckwith

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In a message dated 5/23/02 1:34:01 PM, macman@pathfinder.dnsalias.com writes:

<< What do you guys think about the Sears, Roebuck, & Co "My name sounds 
like Bechstein" Beckwith piano >>

Though I'm not familiar with older Beckwiths, last year I was given a 
Beckwith spinet,  which I regulated and later sold.  This piano, not listed 
in Pierce, I guess-timate was made in the 40s, maybe 50s.  I expected the 
worst.  After all, it looked just like a Winter, Kimball, or Gulbransen 
spinet. But I found that this little piano had quite a pleasing tone and a 
suprisingly full bass.  Really not bad for a spinet.  And made by Sears!   
Whodathunk?

I sold it to a guy who was buying it for his 90 year old mother for 
Christmas.  I told him that I included a free tuning with the sale.  He told 
me he wasn't interested because his mother was practically deaf.

Tom Sivak