Pfiefer Upright

[David Ilvedson]

Just how close are you to the Bermuda Triangle?...;-]

David I.

On 27 Nov 2002 at 7:54, Farrell wrote:

> I serviced a 1908 Charles Pfiefer upright yesterday. This upright was
> BY FAR the nicest, best condition, old upright I have ever seen - by a
> mile. It is hard to even believe that is was old - but I looked up the
> serial number in Pierce, and it was 85 notes - so no doubt about age.
> This piano was so clean. In every way it looked like a well maintained
> 20 year old piano. Even the leather top on the dowel that connects
> between the sustain pedal arm and the sustain rod on the action looks
> like new. The hide glue squeeze out at the base of the hammer shanks
> is clear and clean. Every action part - everything - looks like
> near-new.
> 
> Either this piano found its way into a time warp, was completely
> remanufactured a few years back, or a Charles Pfiefer is simply a
> different animal. This piano played so nicely. It sounded terrific.
> The owner sat down (young German lady) and ripped into some
> Rachmaninoff (sp?) after I tuned it - WOW! I asked her if she was
> aware of it having been rebuilt - she didn't know. So she called her
> dad, who bought the piano some years back - her dad was in Germany -
> and he is a piano technician. We had a nice chat about the piano - he
> said never been rebuilt as far as he knew. He thought it was a nice
> piano - what an understatement.
> 
> Terry Farrell
> 
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