---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hello Julia, YES ! They made good pianos IF you compare apples to apples. They made thousands upon thousands of Sp. pianos starting in the mid 40,s. THAT was what was WANTED and NEEDED AT THAT TIME. There were several different BETSY-ROSS Sp.s The first was Scale 19 BUILT IN 1935-36 The bass section had about 36 notes and it was bad. Then there was the scale 21 it was better then the 21-A even better, then the 22- then 22A- 23 - 23A 24 - 24-A finally the scale 25. To my knowledge the last scale built. You could compare the Betsy,s to the $ 895.00 1950s V.W. car. it would NOT run 95 miles per hour. However it may very well run 60 miles per hour for two hundred thousand miles for peanuts. Their action is the only thing that developed a "pattern" fault and Lester did not build it. It had one connector that was made of plastic and had a propensity to break. In the late 40,s we tried repairing (glue, inserts ect. ) them but soon found that to replace was the only way to go. Thank God for these plastic elbows as I have been replacing them for over 54 years. They bought several pairs of shoes for my kids. Grands!!! Their small Grand was scale "75" it was and is one of the BEST 4ft. 6in. grand's built. The scale 80 a 5ft 3in. was just fair. Their 6ft.1in. was a great piano. It used a W.N.G. 850-S action and frame. Many including me thought it was a knock-off of Steinway's round-tail "A". Their 9ft. Piano was an outstanding Concert Piano. Many including me thought it to be a knock-off of a Field-Lipman that was built by A.M.Hume. Julia, years ago I out grew my ego- stroking. I would roll my eyes, I would belch and I would burp. I now chringe when I hear my fellow professionals participate in BASHING any piano. As a profession I often hear complaints about the lack of respect we receive from within our industry. With this sort of bashing, belching, burping and raw ego stroking is there any wonder why? If we act like amateurs we will surely be regarded as such. I personal find this saddening. I love this profession as it has been very good to me and my family. Am I alone in feeling this way? Please forgive this being so long. Respectfully, Jack Wyatt ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/53/ed/b0/4d/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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