Thanks for the correction, John, but our observations might just bring enough enlightenment to a Ragtime fan who otherwise might think that a square grand...
Thanks again, Bill. I don't have any establishments in my area without having to go a long way, so I was looking online. (I ordered my $350 Casio online last...
Bill, I think that's a good suggestion. I am web-only on *ALL* my e-groups. If I didn't do that, I would've been hopelessly buried in e-mails a long time...
My compliments to "Perfessor" Bill Edwards and the wonderful composer biographies you have on your website. This is true treasure of information! Thanks! John...
To All; Well, my intention was not to try to talk anyone into wanting one of these pianos that are left, but just to describe to you what I ended up with and...
Having owned an 1883 Beatty for several years, and worked on that and other squares, and conferring with other techs: Yikes. They are temperamental and at...
Might I recommend (and to anybody else with a similar issue), as one of the administrators, switching to site only. That way you retain membership and can read...
I beg to differ. Squares, fully rebuilt, fine pianos. Thing is, they're NOT a modern piano, they're never ever going to SOUND like a modern piano, but,...
Well, John, to be brutally honest there is very little value to square grand pianos. They were very poorly designed in the first place and I have never, ever,...
Please remove my email (skibumbuddy@...) from the group listing, I am receiving too much mail! I can't handle it. Thanks much! Lois Please remove my...
Bill, Thanks for the tips on tuning the Everett, and the story about Mike Mahoney was great! I've seen pictures of Chilcoot Pass in the winter and can't...
You might also enjoy the tale of Klondike Mike Mahoney, who literally carried a piano up the Chilkoot Pass during the Alaska Gold Rush of 1898 (or so). You...
I second what Perf Bill said about lowering the string before raising it, it greatly reduces string breakage. Also, the lubricant, although be CAREFUL not to...
I have tuned many of them, Rick. Should not have any trouble, except as I recall the lid is held on by angle brackets screwed in on the back with Allen-head...
I have more than doubled the size of information I found on composer J.S. Zamecnik, including his family data as the 1880 Census was pretty badly misspelled...
Hello All; I'm not sure if this is a good place to ask this, but I will anyway, and maybe someone can head me in the right direction if nothing else. The...
Bill, Thank you so much for your piano tuning advice. As always, I greatly appreciate your knowledge and information that you consistently share with others....
Hi Rick. Thought I would also add another neat story I ran across today in MTR that you would appreciate. I have been doing some study of the various booms in...
Hi Rick. These were common in Colorado when I was a technician there. The 1970s Everetts are a little lightweight in construction, and usually have only a two...
OK. This was just bizarre. It's from a 1919 Music Trade Review, and I'm not even sure how to respond to it. Bill Edwards ====================== PIANO TUNER...
Probably not many pianos, either. ... From: Rick Kaiser <r_p_kaiser@...> To: Elite Synchopations <elitesyncopations@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wed, Nov 11,...
We who have followed such things know where many of the ragtime era songwriters went in the late 1920s. Still, it is startling to see just how quickly this...
A question to the group: Has anyone tuned an Everett upright piano? The reason I ask is that I have just been transferred to a new oil field camp in the...
Hello to all! I'm very pleased to have found this group! I've been collecting and playing ragtime in all its forms for the past 52 years, and enjoyed every...
Hi. Still battling flu, but can't comprehend enough that I know the link reference below is not for the intended page. Simple error I'm sure. It is for a 1923...
To dredge up an ancient thread - I finally found the answer to the release date of 'Fever Heat' in that great resource, Music Trade Review. 'Fever Heat' and...
I have been down for the count with the flu. Not THE flu, thank goodness, but one that has me home-bound and unhappy. In my coherent moments I put some of the...
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