Terry, I hate spinets as much as you, and if they all disappeared overnight I would consider the planet blessed. But I had a chance to play one of these 30's Wurlies recently, in immaculately preserved, one-owner condition, and was utterly stunned by how full and rich the bass was! Bigger than a lot of small grands! Certainly NOT the odiferous "Wurtilizer" of later years. Thump --- Terry <terry@farrellpiano.com> wrote: > FWIW: > > Perusing Baldwin's piano history website page: > > http://www.baldwinpiano.com/about/history.html > I found the following (the culprit!): > > In 1935 Wurlitzer introduced the world's first > spinet-sized piano. It represented a historic > breakthrough in style, tone and performance along > with the value so critical during America's economic > depression. Notable among design innovations > characteristic of Wurlitzer were larger soundboard > areas -- providing "bigger" sound from smaller piano > models. > > Arrrrgggggg! > > Terry Farrell > ATTACHMENT part 2 image/jpeg name=35spinet.jpg __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
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