Everett Upright

[Don]

Hi Phil,

I would not call c6 at six seconds good sustain.

At 05:29 AM 2/14/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>'mornin.
>
>I believe I have a chance to pick up a 1897 Everett Upright for not much
>money. It appears to be well made. There's 4 back posts and a back post
>support that goes across all of them..never seen that before. The Bridges
>are immaculate and there's good sustain at C1(+- 20 sec.) and C6(+- 6 sec.).
>Ivory is dirty, but in great shape..open face pinblock with 40-50 lbs.
>torque average..case is typical of a 100 year old upright..nice carvings in
>the wood..it should clean up nice.
>
>Do any of the re-builders have experiences thay would like to share with me
>on this?
>
>I would be re-whatering it, and then selling it.
>
>My gut feeling is to go after this one, but I will await any replies before
>diving into this old girl.
>
>-Phil Bondi (Fl.)
>phil@philbondi.com
>
>
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Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.

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