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Sam

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Jun 18, 2002, 7:25:08 PM6/18/02
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Has anyone heard of a Whitmore Upright Piano? If so, can you comment on it's
quality or anything else?

Thank you ...

Will ...


Larry

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Jun 18, 2002, 8:15:24 PM6/18/02
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Whitmore was a name owned by Kimball Piano, used on their very cheapest spinet
piano. It was about as poor as a piano could get when it was new, so at the age
one would be now, it's doing good just to not fall into a pile of little
pieces. The cost of throwing it into the dump is more than the value of the
piano. I've got one right now in fact that you can have for nothing.

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Sam

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Jun 19, 2002, 1:21:26 AM6/19/02
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Thank you for your forthright answer. This may save us some headaches ...


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FloridaTech

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Jun 19, 2002, 9:40:19 AM6/19/02
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Larry,

I was about to correct you concerning your post. I thought you were
mistaken about the Whitmore name until I looked it up in the Pierce Piano
Atlas. "Whitney" is the name I come across more often than Whitmore. It is
true, both names were used by Kimball. If Whitmore pianos are anything like
Whitney spinets then you couldn't have said it better! One question though,
Sam's post refers to a Whitmore upright......not a spinet. I wonder which
one it really is? In any case, there should be many better choices for a
spinet piano. Everett, Cable Nelson, even Wurlitzer spring to mind.

Good day,
Dennis Davison

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Sam

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Jun 19, 2002, 1:04:05 PM6/19/02
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I, again, appreciate the time you take to respond to my inquiry.

This is a full, upright piano - not a spinet, if I understand that you can
see over the top of a spinet when seated at it. You can not see over the top
of this piano, thus 'full, upright' - I think ....


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pianoguy

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Jun 19, 2002, 3:17:54 PM6/19/02
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"Sam" wrote:
> This is a full, upright piano - not a spinet, if I understand that you can
> see over the top of a spinet when seated at it. You can not see over the top
> of this piano, thus 'full, upright' - I think ....
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If your piano is an old upright from the early 20th century it would probably
be approximately 54" tall. The repairs necessary on pianos of this type far
exceed any retail value they might have.

In general terms the following sizes are relatively standard:

spinet..................36"
consolette...........38"
console...............40" - 42"
studio..................44" - 48"
upright.................50" or more


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