Thank God I've only had to deal with a few of these beasts over the years… What's worse: that, a Betsy Ross spinet, a Lester? All nasty abuse (and demise) of the American piano! Or, the disintegration of great old names who became pianos "made in America by factory workers" or whatever that stupid sticker says. Why did technicians let this continue back in the day and not speak up?? Did they really expect lots of business from these sad excuses for pianos?? If somebody bought a piano for $300, they certainly didn't consider keeping them up, right? Doesn't matter if the tunings back then were only $15-20. Don't take me as snobby here, but since I do very little tuning outside UNL, if somebody calls with a spinet (most any brand, although some Acrosonics I've tuned are sort of tolerable and playable when I'm finished with them) I refer them to another technician….someone in financial need of business mostly. I won't refer them to a busy tech with enough to do… Is that so wronggggg? Paul From: Delwin D Fandrich <del at fandrichpiano.com<mailto:del at fandrichpiano.com>> Reply-To: "pianotech at ptg.org<mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>" <pianotech at ptg.org<mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>> Date: Thursday, September 27, 2012 2:46 PM To: "pianotech at ptg.org<mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>" <pianotech at ptg.org<mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>> Subject: Re: [pianotech] pulley key... No, the idea was that the dealer could run newspaper ads and put up big banners advertising, “New Grand Pianos from $295!” Even back in the 1960s that was a pretty low price and the strategy did bring in few customers. The dealer would then try to upgrade those customers to a real piano but there were always some who insisted on buying what was advertised. ddf Delwin D Fandrich Piano Design & Fabrication 6939 Foothill Court SW,Olympia, Washington 98512 USA Phone 360.515.0119 — Cell 360.388.6525 del at fandrichpiano.com <mailto:del at fandrichpiano.com> — ddfandrich at gmail.com<mailto:ddfandrich at gmail.com> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org<mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org> [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Euphonious Thumpe Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 10:51 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org<mailto:pianotech at ptg.org> Subject: Re: [pianotech] pulley key... The "Grand" spinet (by, I believe, the "Grand Piano Company" of Roanoke) is quite possibly the worst piano ever built -- outside of something cobbled together in a garage by a hobbyist. They almost visibly twist while a tuning is attempted to be put into them, and were created, I suspect, so that people of very limited means ( and/or education) could say: "I own a Grand Piano!" Despicable!!! While passing through Roanoke some years ago I noticed a burned-out hulk of a building downtown with "GRAND PIANO COMPANY" painted on it, which is why I suspect they were conjured up there. Thumpe ________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120927/507f5c50/attachment.htm>
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