1890 Weber upright

[Cy Shuster]

I just tuned a 1901 Vose & Sons upright with extra-long keys (maybe 18"?), 
and it played fine.  No leads; in fact, A0 and C8 had five Forstner holes in 
the bottom of the keystick under the head, about 1/2" deep.  I didn't 
measure DW/UW, but it was very responsive.  What kind of balance problems 
would there be?

--Cy--

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Magness" <IFixPianos at yahoo.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>; <noahhaverkamp at yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 8:25 AM
Subject: Re: 1890 Weber upright


> Value is in the eye of the beholder/owner! Having said that there are
> tipoffs to the average old upright, the "good" old upright and the
> "fine" old upright. Look at the details of the cabinetry and the
> hardware is it just a plainjane cabinet or does it have some
> "gingerbread" on it, is the hardware just potmetal or potmetal plated
> w/brass or is it nickel plated heavy and well made? Does the action
> have any extra features, a bar that takes up lost motion when the soft
> pedal is used for example or is it just a standard action? Is it a 2
> or 3 pedal piano? You and I know that the middle pedal frequently does
> the same as the left or nothing at all but the buying public at the
> time expected 3 pedals in a better piano, while the cheapies only had
> 2. Are the keys extra long and the cabinet a little thicker than
> normal indicating it came from the same production line as a player
> piano and the key balance will be poor?