MMD > Archives > October 2016 > 2016.10.30 > 03Prev  Next


Cheap Player Pianos
By Roger Miller

As a rebuilder of player pianos of over 50 years, I have to put in
my 2 cents worth about cheap player pianos.  There are some cheap
ones out there and I have seen them all.

Granted, the Steinways, Duo-Arts and all the high end players may be
the Cadillacs or Chevys of player pianos, but there's one that may
very well be the Rolls-Royce of players and that one is a well-built,
well-tuned M. Schulz -- yup, the one with hard-to-rebuild tiny
pneumatics.  Boy, the repetition is fast!  There's not a player out
there that can run with it.  I did find one that came close and that
was a Lauter-Humana.  Them old M. Schulz players are well built, I do
know that.

Well, that's my opinion; others may think otherwise.

Roger Miller
Sophia, North Carolina
rogml3@embarqmail.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]



(Message sent Sun, 30 Oct 2016 03:49:02 -0400 (EDT) , from time zone -0400.)

Key Words in Subject:  Cheap, Pianos, Player

Related by Subject:
2018.08.07.09 - FS Cheap: Welte Licensee Rolls
from Spencer Chase
2016.10.31.03 - Cheap Player Pianos
from Pat DeWitt
2016.10.30.03 (This article) - Cheap Player Pianos
from Roger Miller
2016.10.28.02 - Cheap Player Pianos
from Luke Myers
2016.10.26.02 - Cheap Player Pianos
from Eric Stott
2016.10.24.02 - Cheap Player Pianos
from Don Teach
2016.10.24.03 - Cheap Player Pianos
from Ray Bauer
2016.10.20.05 - Cheap Player Pianos
from Larry Mayo
2016.10.14.03 - Player Pianos Built with Cheap Pianos
from Luke Myers
2007.06.09.08 - FS: Chickering Ampico 5'8", Very Cheap
from Marty Roenigk
2007.06.02.04 - FS: Chickering Ampico Baby Grand & Rolls, Cheap
from Marty Roenigk
2005.10.30.09 - FS: Ampico Parts, Cheap
from Bill Maguire