After about 1980, most grand old names had been taken over by global corporations to sell their budget junk, so after that date any opinion I have does not apply. And prewar uprights have a certain sound which is most appropriate for ragtime and blues music. Buying a Used or Restored Piano: What to Buy. An 1855 Erard 6 grand about 5 miles from me. I was surfing craigslist about 7-8 months ago, and I stumbled on something that seemed far too good to be true.
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I shall start my story of my recent acquirement, by telling you of how I got to this piano. T he CD2000 player piano system is our easy-to-use, entry level player piano system for customers that want to enjoy the benefits of Pianomation, but dont care about all the bells and whistles of a more advanced player piano system. Most were not used heavily and except for needing tuning, are as good as new. My current piano is a 1905 Story and clark special built cabinet grand piano. Story & Clark Baby Grand QRS Player Piano. Personally, I prefer the 1946-1980 consoles, the upper half of them, to the imports so highly touted by salesmen today. If it is a prewar upright, Story and Clark may be one of the more famous brands, compared to the hundreds of knockoff brands. If you are studying and you want a competent 1946-1980 console piano, this could be one of them. So, it is not an purchase you are going to make money on. All pre-owned pianos have 1-year warranty. Nationwide Delivery available and financing offered. Cable, Hampton, Price & Teeple and Packard. Mid-America Piano offers quality pre-owned pianos by Steinway & Sons, Yamaha, Mason & Hamlin, Wurlitzer, Boston, Baldwin, Seiler, Knabe, Bechstein, Story & Clark, Kimball & more. Pianos controlled by Story & Clark: Story & Clark, Irvington, Tennyson, Hobart M.
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This piano didn't even have dampers on the top octave and a half, whereas most consoles are only missing an octave of dampers. of Grand Rapids, Michigan, which had all along been making cabinet parts for Story & Clark. Last month there was a low end 48" upright at Goodwill, that was once a player (mostly very low end pianos) and had the pneumatics and roll motor removed. There are many church pianists I have known, however, that never played anything faster than a spinet could support in their whole career, Do the two string notes sound like the three string notes? Is the tone (ignoring the out of tune condition) pleasing? Is the soundboard visibly cracked? How tall is it? Spinets 36" and under are slow in speed and the top quality ones are suitable for only the first five years of a student persuing classical training. Do all the keys work? Are any strings broken? Are the hammers and dampers in the middle the same shape as the ends, or are they beat down by use? How fast is the action? (ability to play one note over and over). The charity resale shops near me charge $100 for pianos, even if some keys don't work. I believe it was a competent brand of console piano. I played on a Story & Clark, once long ago.