To "modernize" old upright pianos used to be very trendy here in the 60´s. Many collegues did so. They cut away the legs, changed the cabinet style here and there and put on new veneer. So they changed beautyfull looking Jugendstil uprights into something that looked like a brand new 60´s piano. What a shame! Into the bargain, many rebuilder used a poor glue for the new veneer whith the result that the veneer came lose.
I see many of these pianos here. To be honest, my private piano at home is such a "modernized" beauty. Okay, it´s ugly, but it´s a very good Schiedmayer.
Gregor
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piano technician - tuner - dealer
Münster, Germany
www.weldert.de
From: tomtuner at verizon.net
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 21:26:59 -0400
Subject: Re: [pianotech] OT: I'll bet you never heard this one before...
Floyd,
I worked for Wadley piano in Dallas in the
late 70's and the late Brookin Wadley told me that after the war (2nd that is
) he would take the train to Chicago and buy uprights that had been
repossessed during the depression. He described a warehouse full of pianos and
they would give him slippers so he could walk over the top and mark
the ones he wanted. They would ship them to Dallas on the train and he had
a guy in Fort Worth that would "modernize" them with the mirrors and new legs
etc for $15.00.
Imagine the
Bush and Lanes , Krakauers , Masons , Mehlins etc that might have been
available .
Tom Driscoll
----- Original Message -----
From:
Floyd Gadd
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 9:04
AM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] OT: I'll bet you
never heard this one before...
I wonder how much the "professional"
charged for the "transformation".
Floyd Gadd
Manitoba
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