Conover 66 Grand

[Kerry]

Is anyone familiar with Somerset pianos? I remember my dad had one in his
store years ago, a 4'10". The low bass was not much more than you'd expect
from that size piano, but the rest was incredible. It's the only one I've
ever seen, and I've always wondered if it was representative of the brand,
or one of those anomalies that occasionally pop out of factories when all of
the stars line up just right. I heard that Baldwin had an Acrosonic spinet
like that, they kept it locked away and every few years a new crop of
engineers would disassemble it, measure everything, and put it back
together, still totally in the dark as to why it sounded so good. Ah, sweet
mystery of life... 

Kerry Kean

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of gordon stelter
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 10:07 PM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: Re: Conover 66 Grand

"Worth" is subjective, but it's one of the finest very
small grands, ever. 
G

P.S. Jack Wyatt wanted some scale info on these, a
while back.


--- Rick Bazemore <tunericks at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> I have a client who is considering having her
> Conover 66 grand rebuilt.  I remember some
> discussion about this piano on the list and that
> some of you thought very highly of this piano. 
> Anybody got a good idea of what it might be worth if
> rebuilt properly?
>    
>    
> 
> 
> Rick Bazemore, RPT
> Social Circle, GA
> www.pianosintune.com
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