[pianotech] More Wierd - Must be the full moon<G>

Terry Farrell mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com
Sun Sep 30 09:04:29 MDT 2012


Wow. Currier. It's difficult for me to actually write this, but I think Lowry & Currier were both one little teeny tiny notch above the infamous Grand Piano Company. All of 'em - really, really sorry excuses for pianos.

Terry Farrell

On Sep 29, 2012, at 9:45 PM, tnrwim at aol.com wrote:

> C.F. Stein was also the scaler and designer of Currier pianos.  Not that that means a lot, but he did get around. 
> 
> If I recall, wasn't he an RPT of some renown back in the 50's and 60's?
> 
> Wim
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Sep 29, 2012, at 2:10 PM, "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
>> Just got back from tuning a Lowry PSO/POS. While suffering it's foibles,
>> two things reared their ugly heads: 1. An epoxy repair I did a few years
>> ago, on the bass bridge, seems to be failing! Yikes! After the initial R&D
>> of the 70's epoxies, I've pretty much been failure free. Almost to the
>> point of considering an epoxy repair as "permanent"! Definately a rude
>> awakening.<G>
>> 2. I've seen this in many POS/PSO pianos: "Scaled by Charles Frederich
>> Stein". And, looking farther, I find: "High Impact Action designed for
>> Lowry by Charles Frederich Stein". Hmmm? The question is this: Was Charles
>> Frederich Stein ever associated with any good piano companies? Most, that
>> I've seen, are mediocre at best. Just kind of wondering about how he became
>> a "notable" designer and who he really was. Anyone know?
>> As for the epoxy thang, it's back to doing again. Terry, pay attention
>> buddy<G> Just ribbin' ya. And, NO, there are no Pichers@!<G>
>> Best,
>> Joe
>> 
>> 
>> Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
>> Captain of the Tool Police
>> Squares R I
>> 



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