Charles R. Walter: was Janssen

[Farrell]

I thought all Walter verticals were the same scale? Do some have full size actions and some compressed? Are they not all studios?

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clyde Hollinger" <cedel@supernet.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 7:18 AM
Subject: Re: Charles R. Walter: was Janssen


> I service four Walters, two consoles and two studios.  I like them a lot,
> and I understand that among those who know them they have a good
> reputation.
> 
> Now about Janssens, my parents had an old upright Janssen.  It appears to
> me that the original Janssens were also reasonably well-crafted, no
> comparison to the cheap junk that was made later under the same name.  If
> Mr. Janssen could see some of the instruments that exist with his name on
> the fallboard, he would probably have a fit!
> 
> But that's what happens when names are bought and sold like property.  In
> many cases the name alone tells you nothing about the original quality,
> because at times the instruments were carefully built and at other times
> not.  Sorta sad.
> 
> Regards,
> Clyde
> 
> sid blum wrote:
> 
> > > Anyone service a Walter? Hope it's a big step up from the Janssen.
> > >
> > > Alan Barnard
> > > Salem, MO
> >
> > Saw my first one a couple of months ago.  Two years old, first tuning
> > since delivery and then moved from California to Vermont.  Not a bad
> > console at all.  Either the factory or the dealer had it well prepped.
> >
> > sid blum
> > sid@sover.net
> >
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