Bass Bridge Position-upright

[Fenton Murray]

The money isn't there in the top end but the quality often is. Occasionally someone is willing to put 12K or so to restore an old piece, then you got a job. If I weren't a tech and I inherited an old upright along with xhundred thousand dollars from Grandma, I just might be compelled to restore her old piano. Happens all the time, all the time, in the 50 to 60 year old demographic pie slice. The wife doesn't want that old thing in the house unless it's restored. I'm not looking for those jobs, but they do come along.
Fenton
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Greg Newell 
  To: 'Pianotech List' 
  Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 9:00 PM
  Subject: RE: Bass Bridge Position-upright


  Del,

                  I wonder if this is a coastal phenomenon. I've read that there seems to be some small demand for these old beasts in your area but we can't seem to give them away around here. I'd seriously love one of those shredders to clear away some of the dead wood. Perhaps it's the changeable climate that just renders them mostly beyond economical repair by this point. Less my stance be misconstrued, I love a good old upright. Heck, I grew up playing one. The operative word though, has to be . good!

   

  Greg Newell

  Greg's Piano Forté

  www.gregspianoforte.com

  216-226-3791 (office)

  216-470-8634 (mobile)

   

  From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Delwin D Fandrich
  Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 3:32 PM
  To: 'Pianotech List'
  Subject: RE: Bass Bridge Position-upright

   

  I love seeing these old things. The old upright has long been maligned and discounted as not being a "real" piano. Yet with some decent design work they can, and do, rival grands with scales of comparable length. 

   

  We don't often come across customers with the specific need for a great upright piano but when we do the pianos always deliver.

   

  Del

  Delwin D Fandrich
  Piano Design & Manufacturing Consultant
  620 South Tower Avenue
  Centralia, Washington 98531  USA
  Phone  360.736-7563
  <mailto:fandrich at pianobuilders.com> 

   

   

     


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    From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Farrell
    Sent: March 11, 2008 6:39 AM
    To: Pianotech List
    Subject: Re: Bass Bridge Position-upright

    Greg, what do you mean by "Probably better than the old upright deserved."? I presume you meant from a financial standpoint? I'd have to agree with you there. But from a musical instrument point of view, I would respectfully disagree. What if you want an absolute top-sounding piano and simply do not have the room for a decent sized grand in your 500 square foot abode? This approach here is the ticket!

     

    Terry Farrell
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