[CAUT] Storytone piano

[Otto Keyes]

That dredges up nightmares from the bottom of the pond!  Think Currier with
wires & do-dads to work around.  It's basically just a low end Story & Clunk
with a low end Lowrey organ as a siamese twin....they both have to sleep on
a cot & it ain't a good fit!  Speakers were in the bottom board with junk
hanging here & there inside the case on the one I worked on.  Friends of the
family, so I ended up "tuning" it several times....then Mom began to wonder
why I didn't come home to visit as often.  Haven't seen it for years & had
almost managed to get it to drift into geriatric oblivion....don't plan on
making any inquiries as to its where-abouts either!

Recordings???  It was bad enough in person.  Just imagine all the poor taste
our modern technology will foist upon unsuspecting future generations.  In
the sequence of clips in a video age, Liberace will out-shine Liszt on his
sequines alone, and the world will be bereft, and Lisztless.

Otto

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Purdy" <purdy@ohio.edu>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 7:56 AM
Subject: [CAUT] Storytone piano


> Is anyone familiar with the Story & Clark "Storytone" electric piano?
> What I have been able to find so far is that they were made in the
> 30's.  It sounds like they are an acoustic piano with pick ups and
> external speakers.  Earl Hines toured with one in the 30's and did some
> recordings.  I'm still researching this but wondered if any of you have
> seen one of these.
>
> Chris
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