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It took me a few years to figure out how to respond when a customer, who American Curmudgeon Society - Apprentice Member and Founder Certified Calibration Technician for Bio-powered Digitally Activated (MaybeĬonrad Hoffsommer, RPT, MPT, CCT, PFP, ACS, CRS. <=īTW, the Betsy's I have in my clientele are _very_ stable in tuning. => no matter what name is on the fallboard. If the piano meets the needs of the customer, it is a good piano. Probably would be out of place in a single wide in a trailer park. In a concert hall, for most performances other than Cage's 4'33', thatīetsy Ross Spinet would be a bad piano. i.e - better a simulated piano than no piano at all. Inexpensive pianos have always allowed more people access to the musicĮxperience. There may be pianos in the wrong location SO, that last sentence was not called for.Ī long time ago, in a land far, far away, an old tuner told me, ' There's >bashing about 90% of my businesses income.

>There the list goes again - 'not any kind of a real musical instrument'. They were built better than some, but still not any >Bottom line: They are one of many cheap little spinets made back in the >Associate Member of the Piano Technicians Guild Yes, they are on the low end of the spectrum. > instrument' - bashing about 90% of my businesses income. > There the list goes again - 'not any kind of a real musical They were built better than some, but still not > Bottom line: They are one of many cheap little spinets made back in I thinkĪctually we need your input in the present debate on PTG-L about the They were built better than some, but still not any kind of a real musical instrument.Īh. Oh yeah, and a couple shelves from the lid and kneeboard, etc.īottom line: They are one of many cheap little spinets made back in the 40s, 50s and 60s. I put about $50 into it and now I have a first class musical regulating table. I have absolutely no idea who would want to buy such an animal. Excellent condition: Maybe $300 to $600 in a private sale, more at a dealer. Don't think too many folks in the know would find it terribly desirable. Ok, so yes, in some sense it could be thought of as a novelty item, although many would argue against it. A small mass-produced article, such as a toy or trinket. Unfortunately quite typical and not much of an innovation.ģ.

lists three definitions for 'novelty'.Ģ. Lester pianos are used in nearly 100,000 homes, and in most of the public schools of Philadelphia.Let's see. East Carolina Teachers Training School, Greenville, N. Lewisburg Female Institute, Lewisburg, W. American artists Campanari, eminent baritone Alice Nielson, operatic soprano Kneisel, violinist and concert meister Bell Alten, soprano of Metropolitan opera, and scores of others also many great music schools, as the New England Conservatory, of Boston Syracuse University Broad Street Conservatory, Philadelphia Converse College, Spartansburg, S. Among them a are such names as the famed director Louise Homer. As a result, many famous pianists placed their approval upon Lester pianos. No detail in Lester construction, by which the tone and durability might he perfected, was permitted to pass. Adherence, on the part of the Lester Piano Co., to the principle of creating quality instruments, rather than to build vast numbers of pianos, has been the basis of Lester reputation. Lester pianos won a high place in the world of music because of their sweetness of tone and the care expended in their construction.