David, NOT my customer. Just responding to a previous post. Joe Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon) Captain, Tool Police Squares R I > [Original Message] > From: David Ilvedson <ilvey at sbcglobal.net> > To: <pianotech at ptg.org>; <joegarrett at earthlink.net> > Date: 4/28/10 9:39:25 AM > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Info on Kirchman Piano > > Googled Kirchman...nothing. Googled Kirkman and lots on the UK piano website... > Joe, maybe the customer gave you the wrong spelling? > > David Ilvedson, RPT > Pacifica, CA 94044 > > ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- > From: "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett at earthlink.net> > To: JD at Pianomaker.co.uk; pianotech at ptg.org > Received: 4/28/2010 9:16:45 AM > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Info on Kirchman Piano > > > >JD > >You really need to read more carefully. The name in question is KirCHman, > >not KirKman. Different animal, same island.<G> > >Joe > > >Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon) > >Captain, Tool Police > >Squares R I > > > > >> [Original Message] > >> From: John Delacour <JD at Pianomaker.co.uk> > >> To: <joegarrett at earthlink.net>; <pianotech at ptg.org> > >> Date: 4/28/10 3:16:59 AM > >> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Info on Kirchman Piano > >> > >> At 23:34 -0700 27/4/10, Joseph Garrett wrote: > >> > >> >A (new) customer called me today saying she had just acquired a very old > >> >Kirchman parlor grand piano. Her own research yielded a model number of > >S - > >> >R1, (cast in the plate), and a serial number of 14008, (stamped in the > >> >wood). But that's where it ends. And it is not listed in Pierce. She says > >> >she was told by the previous owner that Kirchman was manufactured, in > >> >Boston, for a very short time in the early 1900's by two former > >employees of > >> >Steinway. Has anyone here ever heard of it? Can anyone shed any light? > >> > > >> >As far as I can ascertain, it's an English pianer! > >> > >> It is Kirkman. Number 14008 will probably be early 1860s before they > >> changed to higher tensions and the "modern" sound. What do you want > >> to know about it? I have most of the answers and several Kirkmans of > >> different periods. Kirkman was the best English maker in my opinion > >> but their best pianos were made slightly later after they changed to > >> the higher tension scales, cast-iron plates etc. This one will be a > >> bit old-fashioned in sound. They are nice to work on and very > >> consistent. > >> > >> JD > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > >___________________________________________________________________ > >___ > >> Delacour Pianos * Silo * Deverel Farm * Milborne St. Andrew > >> Dorset DT11 0HX * England > >> Phone: +44 1202 731 031 > >> Mobile: +44 7801 310 689 > >> > >___________________________________________________________________ > >___ > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > >> Checked by AVG. > >> Version: 7.5.560 / Virus Database: 270.12.26/2116 - Release Date: 5/15/09 > >6:16 AM > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.560 / Virus Database: 270.12.26/2116 - Release Date: 5/15/09 6:16 AM
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