1968. #411204. Model L. Original board. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 4:54 PM Subject: Re: Sweet Betsy from... > Hi Terry.... > > One for the Giffer I guess eh ? Origional soundboard or could you tell > ? And how old was this thing ? Curious minds want to know :) > > Cheers > RicB > > Farrell wrote: > > >Some pianos will amaze you. Yesterday I tuned (for the third time) a > >Steinway L that the lady had bought a few years ago "rebuilt" (new strings, > >dampers, hammers and a paint job) from the local Steinway dealer. I last > >tuned it 16 months ago. It sits right next to a three-pane sliding glass > >patio door leading out to the pool. All I really did was clean up some > >unisons. 95% of the notes were within one cent of target - and maybe there > >were up to a half-dozen in the low tenor that were up to 2 cents off. I > >reached under the belly rail expecting to find a hot DC rod - but none was > >installed. > > > >Very stable piano. Amazed me. I remember when I tuned it that I was > >concerned whether the tuning would last long enough for me to cash the check > >because the tuning pins are very tight and they did the 1098-type > >flagpoling. But I guess I did something right. > > > >Maybe that's what is amazing! > > > >And BTW, no killer octave. Pretty nice piano (horrible bicord section > >though - sounded like it belonged on Conrad's Betsy Ross spinet). > > > >Terry Farrell > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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