Klarinet Archive - Posting 000010.txt from 1998/06

From: Lee Hickling <hickling@-----.Net>
Subj: [kl] Re: Pianos (was [kl] Contrabass Price Question, etc.)
Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 10:51:25 -0400

Seems to me that since a lot of us own a piano of some kind, and some of us
play one in addition to clarinet, the prices of pianos are not very far
off-topic for the Klarinet list. With that feeble excuse, I want to say
that in all this exchange about the prices of Bosendorfer and Steinway and
similar grand pianos, Baldwin seemed to get a little disrespected. The top
of the line Baldwins, grand, studio or console, are good enough to stand
comparison with anything on the market today. And when it's a piano for the
parlor or studio that you're after, the Baldwin Acrosonics are unbeatable.
Plus you're buying American, if that's important to you.

Even better, in terms of value for money, would be a late 1930s to 1950s
Acrosonic spinet. They have a great sound, their mechanism is the only
really satisfactory one ever crammed into a spinet case, and a
well-cared-for specimen can be had for way under $2,000. That's if you can
find one. They get snapped up by people who know pianos as soon as they
appear on the market.

Lee Hickling <hickling@-----.net>

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