A piano with some story behind it is always more attractive to sell. James Grebe Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair Artisan of Wood WWW.JamesGrebe.com 1526 Raspberry Lane Arnold, MO 63010 pianoman@accessus.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phillip Ford" <fordpiano@earthlink.net> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 2:16 AM Subject: RE: Weber with 4 string unisons > >Phil, > >Yes, my understanding is that they were all made to his specifications > >and were placed at strategic places where he might use them. > > If you don't mind me asking, how did you come by this information? I > wonder if he specified 4 string unisons. > > > I actually > >saw a program from a concert in Seattle that was dated a year or so > >after the piano was manufactured and it stated something like: Featuring > >the Weber concert grand. > > > >I think it would be very hard to prove that yours was his own personal > >piano. > > I agree with you there. > > > But who knows? Every time I've spoken to someone who has found > >one of these, he thought it was Paderewski's own personal piano. > > That's how he was convinced to buy one of them. We each also own the > Brooklyn Bridge. > > > But I > >won't burst your bubble....do your research and see what you learn. > >Please let us know. > > > >jeannie > > > >Jeannie Grassi, RPT > > I think you already burst my bubble. Now it's just another > rebuilding job of a basket case piano on which I will make no money - > oh wait, I think that describes all my rebuilding jobs. > > Phil Ford > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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