Happens every year...
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I had a big old upright as a young musician starting out in San Francisco. And a tuner who liked it (he’s still around, the notorious Ben Treuhaft).
It wasn’t bad. I have not had the pleasure of hearing an old upright that is completely rebuilt. I wonder how good they can sound at their best.
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@RealPlayer said in Happens every year...:
the notorious Ben Treuhaft
I had to look him up. HIs website is hysterical.
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I've only heard one rebuilt upright. It was in a small piano shop in the owner's office. Brand was "Beckwith", a Sears brand that might have been built by anyone.
The sound was magnificent! Not the sort of subtle, nuanced sound you might get from a nice concert grand, but big and full and LOUD - partly because you're sitting right in front of it.
It's the only time I've ever heard one that didn't have 100 year old strings.
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I remember hearing about that guy.
Send a piana to Havana!
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Well, they cancelled the appointment...
I grew up with a couple of full uprights - kept one going (tiger striped Cable) through my oldest's lesson years through high school. He preferred that one to the old grand we had in the house for a while. There is a 1907 Fuehr & Stemmer full upright that I tune rebuilt by Farley's in Wisconsin, just a wonderful job!
