Everett Upright

[gordon stelter]

P.S. Phil.  My 1899 Everret also has a beautifully
balanced action( MUCH nicer than the 70's Steinway L
down the hall at the hotel where I play! ), partially
because it has dowel posts instead of stickers. I
think these 2 are probably identicle.(About 50" tall?)
     Thump
 
--- Ron Nossaman <RNossaman@cox.net> wrote:
> 
> >Hi Ron,
> >
> >Not bad--but are we not supposed to look at a piano
> from the ideal?
> 
> Sure we are, ideally, but as I am told early and
> often; isn't there the 
> practicality of working with what you have? It's
> another of those "have it 
> both ways" kind of things. One could easily put $20K
> worth of design and 
> remanufacturing work into it, and have a piano with
> a perceived market 
> value of up to maybe $4K in parts of the world I'm
> familiar with. I somehow 
> doubt that is what Phil had in mind with his plans
> for rewhatevering. Being 
> able to split hairs infinitely small, unfortunately
> doesn't create a demand 
> for it commensurate with the cost of the splitting.
> 
> 
> >I know
> >there are lots of new pianos that don't do 8
> seconds at c6--but does that
> >make them worthy?
> 
> We were talking about a 100 year old upright, not a
> new piano. The builders 
> for the most part probably didn't know better then.
> Today, they should - 
> whether they do or not.
> 
> 
> >And of course some hundred year old uprights still
> do 11
> >or 12 seconds. Now THAT *is* impressive.
> 
> It sure is, but doesn't necessarily make them viable
> instruments either, 
> any more than the 6 second sustain at C6 by itself
> makes Phil's Everett a 
> viable instrument.
> 
> 
> >Could any of the more experienced suggest what
> would happen to sustain time
> >if Phil replaced the strings? Would it get better
> or worse?
> 
> I'd say it depends on how rusty the original strings
> are. It should get 
> better, unless something else is done to the piano
> that makes it worse - 
> like shipping it to a dryer climate.
> 
> Ron N
> 
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