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David B

I need a 6'8" grand moved from the south of England to a town in Abruzzo, Italy. Does anyone know of a firm that can do that?

David B

Methinks you are something of a cynic, my lord

David B

OK, this is the old old piano/new piano debate? Surely the action on an old piano will never be up to scratch, and it will always sound like an old piano?

David B

Surley for that kind of money you'd go straight for a new Yamaha? There's a like at the top of the page.

David B

Ben,

If you want me to send the buyer a message through eBay, I'm very happy to do so for you, please pm me the text.

Cheers

David B

Hmm, all is not well, I think. It was "sold" in April, and they "buyer" left the following feedback: Feedback / Item From Buyer / Price Date/Time What a weapon! This will be awesome when re-built.. Many thanks bobsclearout ( 110) 25-May-07 08:58 Challen 9ft Concert grand piano. (...

David B

Its too long ago to come up in an eBay search, I'm afraid.

Your only hope is if you know the item no, the seller or the buyer.

David B

Well, I got some rough quotes for getting this thing up to scratch, and what surprised me the most was this: quotes 2300 quid to have it French Polished in Black 4600 quid to do it in Black polyester! :shock: I thought that poly was the cheap and cheerful option? Anyway the things nearing a grand no...

David B

So what would you make of this little offering?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... &rd=1&rd=1

leaving aside his delivery quote of £795

At 9ft 6, that is a lot of piano.....

David B

Any ideas on what this is supposed to be?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Antique-Piano-wit ... otohosting

David B

I went to a lunchtime concert yesterday, by Maria Yugina in the City of London. She was playing the church piano, which was an old Bluthner (early 1900s by the look of it and around 7ft). The performance was very good, and a real treat, because in the programme was Chopin's Heroic Polonaise (op 53 A...

David B

This is a question about let off on a grand. When one depresses the keys, and holds them, should the hammers all fall back to the same height after they have hit the strings? If they fall back to different heights, will this have any effect (like on the repitition)?

David B

Anyone got an opinion on how a Kawai RX7 stacks up against a Yamaha C7?

Secondhand either is hard to come by, is this correct?

I really want a Steinway D, but I don't reckon the wife would be too pleased at me remortgaging the house

David B

Pianoguy, you've been tuning this wretched Baldwin for over 20 years? This implies that the owners have actually been playing it for that long? How could they?

David B

I was in a piano shop in Pescara, Italy, on Friday, toying with the idea of buying an upright for my house out there. The Yamahas and Kawais were automatically 30% off list price (list price of a Kawai K5 was €3,900) with setting up, delivery and leather stool included. So I make that about &pou...

David B

What is it, and where are you?

David B

When it was first tuned the tuner did curse whilst tuning to say the sound board had moved during tuning. Eh? Moved to where, the South of France? :shock: I'm not a tuner, a mere mortal, but that seems a little improbable to me. Though I guess if the soundboard had moved, then so would the bridge, ...

David B

This firm actually delivered my new grand late last year, and simultaneously removed the old one. They were extremely professional on that occasion.

Accidents can happen

but I would chose a proper piano moving outfit over the "man with a van" or generalist movers anyday.

David B

Presumably the problem is in the system automatically accepting new registrations. I know other forums where all new registrations need to be approved by a moderator, so maybe this is the way forward?

David B

Maybe the owner died, who knows? :roll: What we do know is that the hammer price was £22,000, so with premium and vat, that's £26,523.75. However the paper says that the "replacement" value is £45,000. I don't suppose that is the new price, so where did they g...

David B

At last, the oportunity to get all the knowledge needed to bin your old tuner and do it yourself :shock: As usual, this great pianistic opportunity comes to us via eBay (item 260103464365) "Fascinating, fully illustrated ebook containing century old instructions and tips on how to make simple r...

David B

Hi Jon,

The Army and Navy is a department store in Victoria, London. It is now part of House of Fraser stores. My guess is that it was a badged piano sold by them. Maybe they have something in their archives?

David B

On the other hand, the Grotien Steinweg concert grand, 1990, went for £12,000, the 1974 Steinway D got £18,000, and the 1997 Bosendorfer went for £22,000

Or, you could have got a Challen 4'6" for £150

David B

I had a Petrof upright, from which it was near impossible to get a decent sound (tonally or volume wise). Flogged it to a Lithuanian who said that her family only ever owned them and had been looking for one for some time

So everybody was happy.

David B

Has anyone ever seen a Brinsmead tuning hammer/crank? How are they different, what do they look like...and where could I get one? I still come across these beasties now and then, but they NEVER have the hammer with them so I can't tune them. The Brinsmead grand that I had, came with two tuning tool...

David B

Having recently been through the issue of whether to restore the grand that I had, or replace it, it seemed that restoration was too risky as it wasn't certain what I would end up with at the end. So the old grand went and a near new Yamaha C3 arrived. Its a great piano, and I could actually play it...

David B

Wow. For that money you could buy a brand new Yamaha C3. :shock: Have you seen the piano and played it? Ebay is OK for a punt (if something is cheap), but I would never recommend bidding on something at that price unless you have seen it and played it. Have you thought of the Piano Auctions in Londo...

David B

and its called......drumroll please.... Cesspit Pianos! :D Here is his latest offering: T!OP MAKER "FRANCKE" from the 1850s to about the 1950s GERMANY A GRAND PIANO HENCE FINE TOP SPECIFICATION CONCERT PIECE A very original item sbout 100 years old OF TOP TYPE SPECIFICATION A RARE PIANO ID...

David B

Mark,

How dreadful.

What happened to the pianos? did they go to the tip, or was something salvagable? OK, maybe you can't answer that for legal reasons, but what does one do with a piano for whom all hope is lost?

David B

1921 - 1930

Good luck

David B

Its not in Kent, its in Isleworth

BTW, I took your advice Piano Guy : the Yamaha C3 arrived on Friday

David B

It's Guy Fawkes night soon

David B

I like his this musing... "J.G. Irmler from Leipzig ... ...in featured detail quality in appearance with its amazingly as never seen before morticed double-top-lid-stay and its twin decorativetop-lid knobs, don't be fooled - right down not only but also more especially to tone, touch -- would i...

David B

http://www.fletcher-newman.co.uk/catalo ... index.html

David B

Then the poor thing is doomed....unless it finds its way into your workshop

David B

I have played it. Or rather tried. It was difficult to hear over the sound of other pianos being played in the room (not a problem I had with the Yamahas, Petrof or Steinways). What you could hear was not nice. And the action was all over the place. God only knows what has happened to this monster, ...

David B

Fantastic purple and mirrored "concert" grand, that recently was sold at Piano Auctions for £300, is available now on eBay! 170037624545 (starting price £1650). :shock: I say "concert" cause you be hard pressed to use it as such as there is hardly any sound co...

David B

Now come on, you've got to admit that this one (220032432374) tempts you :lol: "In simple terms, this is an elderly as very rare like any older perhaps prized Make might be that rarity is not just in grain and style. As also a top type mechanical specification therefore with its overstringing a...

David B

How does something like a G2 stand up against the smaller C series? Are they of overall lower quality (I have read some bad reports on the net), or can they be quite good?

David B

Fear not, my friends

The Vesta curry is alive and well

http://www.britishcornershop.co.uk/brit ... ?id=IF0057

Now who would like to enter the great scratch and sniff Bechstein experiment?

David B

Why isn't the tuning stable?

(At least my worthless junk is very stable (not having a wrest plank

)

David B

Does anyone have a view on these pianos?
The one in question is from 1990.

David B

Ye Gods....are you sure that will go with your decor

David B

Christie,

Try the Reed Organ Society, maybe they can help

www.reedsoc.org

David B

Thanks Bill for your input. I'm starting to think that its better to leave well alone; though the very lowest part of the bass (single strings) might benefit. Is it possible (or advisable) to just restring this part? I am asking because of the tension on the frame and whether its advisable to lower ...

David B

It's a Dalek

Looks like something uncle joe knocked up in the garden shed

David B

OK thanks. I do have a modern Kawai upright as well; I like have a choice, and the contrast in touch and texture. :) And I am concerned about modern grands being simply too loud; I had a 5ft Kawai some years ago, and it was too loud for the 1000sq ft warehouse sitting room that it was in. :shock: I ...

David B

Worthless junk? :roll: She's an artcase Rosewood with a clear treble and sonorous bass. She runs rings around any baby, and despite being straight strung, she is 7ft, and that still provides a reasonable string length on a big soundboard. I'm an advanced player, and can tell the difference, between ...

David B

Yep, sure is. Seems to me to be one of innovations that should have become universal. No broken wrest planks, no loose pins, and the whole frame adapts to any change in temp together.

BUT, should I re-string her?

David B

Thanks for the reply Barry. Maybe I will see if I can get a few local quotes. Its useful to get a dis-interested opinion first though.

Luckily my piano doesn't have a wrest plank, so no problems there

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