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Originally Posted by Clayphish  Interesting that he mentions a Heintzman piano. I have one from the late 1800's sitting in my basement. Its by far the nicest, warmest, upright I've played. Its a really pleasent sounding piano. |
A lot of old Victorian piano's were some of the finest made - pre 1900's have some very nice pianos, but also often require some MAJOR restoration to get them back to being playable and great sounding. Most makes were built differently than post 1900's, and often require the best custom tech to refurbish properly.
IMO, there's nothing wrong with many Heintzman, but few are in great shape after a century or more of abuse. I don't think I've seen or played more than one that was in 'good' shape let alone 'GREAT" shape.
