endorsed by the Philadelphia Orchestra????

[gordon stelter]

Had a sheet music copy of the "Lester March once,
apparently composed for the company and perhaps given
away as advertisement. The name "Lester" was squeezed
into the outline of a lemon, apparently their
trademark.
     Nonetheless, the older ones are, as Robin
explained, well-built instruments.
     Thump

--- Robin Hufford <hufford1@airmail.net> wrote:

> Lester actually made several nice older grand
> pianos, one six one, the 
> other nine feet.  I have seen several of the six
> feet pianos and one of 
> the nine foot ones.  They are upper medium quality
> instruments:  the 
> concert grand was a Steinway clone but nevertheless
> quite a nice piano.  
> When rebuilt properly,  I would say either would
> surpass 90 per cent or 
> more of imported instruments.  The poor pianos one
> thinks of in the 
> context of Lester are later productions. 
> Regards, Robin Hufford
> 
> Isaac Sadigursky wrote:
> 
> > HI,MIchael! According to rumors out here,in la-la
> land,Lester pianos 
> > were endorsed by Philadelphia orchestra.It was
> placed in the back room 
> > and woodwind section players used to play cards on
> it.It served them 
> > well.It belongs to the category of "tuning the
> untunable". Have a nice 
> > weekend! Isaac  
> >  
> >  
> >
> >     ----- Original Message -----
> >     From: Michael Spalding
> <mailto:spalding48@earthlink.net>
> >     To: Pianotech <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>
> >     Sent: 12/3/04 8:46:11 PM
> >     Subject: RE: endorsed by the Philadelphia
> Orchestra????
> >
> >     Tom,
> >      
> >     Speaking of finding interesting reading
> material in a Lester: 
> >     Tuned one in a little church last week.  Ran a
> chromatic scale
> >     before I opened it up (and after hearing that,
> I still stayed to
> >     tune it) and some notes in octaves 5 and 6
> felt a little bound
> >     up.  Sure enough, inside the action was their
> original factory
> >     warranty document, entitled "Golden
> Anniversary Guarantee Bond". 
> >     A fold-out panel on the side contains 10
> individual coupons, each
> >     of which describes the guarantee for specific
> components.  For
> >     example, a coupon for keys, a coupon for
> strings, etc. etc. The
> >     most interesting one is the "tone stabilator"
> - any ideas what
> >     that might be?  I looked all over the piano
> inside and out, but
> >     somebody must have removed it before I got
> there :-)
> >      
> >     Another interesting statement:
> >      
> >     "The Lester Piano Mfg. Co., inc., is one of
> the largest and most
> >     progressive piano manufacturing companies in
> America today.  It
> >     has enjoyed coninuous and direct management by
> the family of the
> >     founder and its policies have never deviated
> from those which were
> >     established over sixty years ago.  Not only is
> the Lester
> >     considered one of the few really fine pianos
> now manufactured, but
> >     its sterling qualities of tone and durability
> have made it the
> >     favored instrument of many leading educational
> institutions.  The
> >     name "Lester" on your piano is absolute
> assurance of years of
> >     musical satisfaction."
> >      
> >     Mike
> >      
> >      
> >
> >         ----- Original Message -----
> >         From:
> >         To: pianotech@ptg.org
> <mailto:pianotech@ptg.org>
> >         Sent: 12/3/2004 5:34:34 PM
> >         Subject: endorsed by the Philadelphia
> Orchestra????
> >
> >         List
> >
> >         I've tuned many a Lester in my short
> career.  Too many, I'd
> >         have to say.  Today, there I was, sitting
> once again at a
> >         Lester, banging on those waterfall keys,
> attempting to make it
> >         sound like a piano when I looked up, and
> on the underside of
> >         the lid was a decal which stated,
> "Endorsed by the
> >         Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra".
> >
> >         Whaaa?
> >
> >         This is like the US Olympic Track and
> Field Team endorsing
> >         PAYLESS SHOES. 
> >
> >         Or the Nobel Peace Prize Committee
> awarding Yassar Arafat the
> >         Nobel Peace Prize.  (Oh...wait...that
> actually happened...heh,
> >         heh)
> >
> >         Anyway, how could this be true?  Was
> anyone around back then
> >         (this piano dated to the 40s, I'd say)
> >         who could tell me how this could happen? 
> >
> >         I do have a theory, though.  Perhaps it's
> because you can
> >         refer to either the Philadelphia Symphony
> Orchestr! ! a OR
> >         Lester pianos by the initials: PSO!
> >
> >         Tom Sivak
> >         Chicago PTG Associate 
> >
> 



		
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