[pianotech] Birdcage pianos

[Susan Kline]

Okay, David, I just had a lovely time wandering around your website.

One thing wasn't in the FAQ section though --- which pianists played
the lovely mp3 files you put at the tops of the pages? Some very neat
old recordings ... and it's a very smart thing to include them.
I went to every page to be sure I heard all the recordings.

Regards,
Susan Kline

David Boyce wrote:
> You're absolutely right, Richard, about the bread on the table!  And 
> they've also got many a family's piano lessons of to an acceptable 
> start, these little "late production" birdcage pianos.  Who made them 
> - Kemble?  One of those little late-era birdcage pianos, if pins tight 
> an all working OK is still better for a learner, in my opinion, than 
> even a high-end Digital Piano. 
>
> Where families have to be careful in the UK though, is not to be 
> fooled by the "modernised" birdcage pianos which LOOK like 1930s but 
> are really 1880s with casework "modernised" in the 1950s. 
>
> There are plenty of birdcage action pics on the Birdcage Pianos page 
> of my website, and one on the Buying a Secondhand Piano page.
>
> http://www.davidboyce.co.uk/birdcage-pianos.php
> http://www.davidboyce.co.uk/buying-a-secondhand-piano.php
>
> Best regards,
>
> David.
>
>> I would say that this is the absolute classic, and most probably one 
>> of the last, overdamper pianos still found all over UK.  There must 
>> be thousands still around.  The bent-wood columns and small motif on 
>> the top door are the first giveaway to what you will find inside.   A 
>> pity the action is not pictured.  You can bet your life that the rail 
>> which lifts all the dampers will be sagging towards the treble.
>> However, they still put meals on the table.
>>  
>> Richard
>
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