Hi Armond with an o. I live in Canada, with a capitol C. You even spelled Everett, with a capitol. Regards, John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Armond" <armond@snip.net> To: "mick@laughinggravy.net, Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 9:03 AM Subject: Re: Best pianos ever made > on 2/12/03 4:40 AM, Mick at mick@laughinggravy.net wrote: > > >>> Sorry Armand, the best upright pianos ever made were during the 20's, but > > made in Canada. > > > > What about German makes like Ernst Kapps, Richard Lipp etc from that period? > > > > Mick Danby CMIT > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > I was talking grands, which are pianos, not uprights, > vertical traveling hammers can not respond or make the same sound as > horizontal ones and something up against a wall will not sound the same > either > in my era everyone felt that real pianos could only be engineerd in 6'2 > range and up, which is why Mr. Falconi only made 3 sizes, 6'3, 7'2, 9'? > you see any 6'2 uprights around? > > i have not come across uprights made in canada > did have a customer in FL with an Everett semi upright, it was very good > and knew a few guys from NY in the piano business who went there to get out > of vietnam, maybe they made them. > > did not come across ernst kapps or richard lipp either > i missed out on these, hope i get to > > name is spelled Armond (that's with an "o") > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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