[CAUT] Storytone piano

[Greg Newell]

List and Chris,
         OK, Now I remember these things. Yes I've serviced 2 or 3 of them. 
Interesting little beasties. I have no idea if there is any special value 
to them however. Seemed like a fun little idea for it's day.

Greg Newell



At 04:01 PM 5/4/2005, you wrote:
>The Storytone, as I remember, was a Story and Clarke piano, that had 
>contacts below the keys. They led to tone generators for an octave that 
>you tuned the twelve notes in. (May have been 11) Then the out put of the 
>TG's went to dividers for the other notes.
>The keys activated the particular out put for the note.
>It had a swell, knee pedal for volume and an octave of foot pedals.
>So you could accompany yourself, organ and piano.
>There was a muffler rail, if you wanted just organ. I think it was 50's 
>vintage. It was tubes.  The speakers were in the piano.
>They also had a kit, that you could add to any piano, it had a separate 
>amplifier, speaker box, and a key contact strip for below the keys.
>My Wife enjoyed playing the kit one we had, that I put in a Heintzman we 
>had. But we got rid of them both in the late 70's.
>John M. Ross
>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
>jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
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>>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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Greg Newell
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