Square grand Tunings

[Andrew & Rebeca Anderson]

Thanks John,
I know him pretty well as he's my uncle.  I was kidding him about the 
creative marketing and he knew it.  He had a belly-up restoration done on 
it.  It was restrung with "special piano wire ordered from England" to 
match the piano.  He was advised by the restorer that it had this value.  I 
told him the joke that a piano tuner up in British Columbia had told a 
would be client, "Let's take it out on the ferry and heave it 
overboard."  he kept the client amazingly enough, bought a real piano.  It 
will probably be housed in my home indefinitely until someone can be found 
who really, really, wants a square grand.  ;-)

Andrew
At 06:36 PM 3/14/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Andrew,
>Be sure and let him down lightly.
>I suppose 30G means 30K?
>Or am I wrong as usual, thinking in electronic terms.
>Anyway, if , and I doubt, it is worth 30K, or anywhere near. I must go and
>collect some, that people, can't even get tuned in this area.
>I used to do them, but my back can't take it any longer. Well it can, but I
>don't like the pain.
>It is almost unethical to do the work, without him knowing, the actual
>worth. Isn't it?
>Regards,
>John M. Ross
>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
>jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Andrew & Rebeca Anderson" <anrebe@zianet.com>
>To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 5:52 PM
>Subject: Re: Square grand Tunings
>
>
> > Joe,
> > You're probably right, but this will require three tunings before it is
> > stable, I think.  The current owner doesn't play and just wants it back up
> > where it should be and is a little adventurous to boot.  (He wants to sell
> > it too, he thinks it should be worth 30Gs, he wanted my advice--backup on
> > that and I suggested that a little creative marketing and the "right"
> > customer might get him near there.)  I've wanted to try meantone and it
> > seems like the perfect guinea pig. ;-)
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> >
> > At 10:45 AM 3/14/2004 -0800, you wrote:
> > >Andrew said: "I'm expecting to tune a square grand that hasn't
> > >been tuned since it was re-strung (Brown & Allen, ten years ago) in
> > >modified meantone."
> > >
> > >Andrew,
> > >I'd suggest Broadwoods Best for these thingees. The inharmonicity, (or
> > >balance of, therein),
> > >would make a "modified meantone" be a bit too raucous for the average
>ear,
> > >IMHO. (They sound way too raucous in most temperaments, anyway.<G>)
> > >Best Regards,
> > >Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
> > >Captain, Tool Police
> > >Squares Are I
> > >
> > >
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