---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Begin forwarded message: > From: caut-owner@ptg.org > Date: May 8, 2005 8:59:17 PM EDT > To: purdy@oak.cats.ohiou.edu > Subject: Re: [CAUT] Storytone piano > > You are not allowed to post to this mailing list, and your message has > been automatically rejected. If you think that your messages are > being rejected in error, contact the mailing list owner at > caut-owner@ptg.org. > > From: "Christopher D. Purdy" <purdy@oak.cats.ohiou.edu> > Date: May 8, 2005 9:57:55 PM EDT > To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org> > Subject: Re: [CAUT] Storytone piano > > > Lisa, > > Thanks for your referrals, this is great.=A0 Just what I need.=A0 Oh, = and =20 > thanks for correcting me on the year of the Chicago fair.=A0 I was = just =20 > repeating what I was told.=A0 (I wasn't there, heck, my parents = weren't =20 > born yet)=A0 My friend that told me that went on and on about all the =20= > art deco architecture in Chicago at the time. > > I will wait until tomorrow to browse the web pages you sent.=A0 I have = =20 > ether net access at the office, that makes things go a lot faster than = =20 > the antique modem I have to use at home. > > And yeah, I had found a bunch of articles about "Fatha" Hines and the =20= > Storytone.=A0 He toured and did some recording.=A0 What I have not = found =20 > so far is a description of the piano he toured with.=A0 I mean, did he = =20 > really tour with this spinet or did he had a grand fit with the pick =20= > ups and amplifiers?=A0 One thing I read said that the piano he toured =20= > with weighed "one and a half tons".=A0 It's hard to imagine a spinet =20= > piano that weighed three times as much as a Steinway D... > > Thanks again, > Chris > > >> 39 World's Fair was New York.=A0 33 World's fair was Chicago.=A0Your =20= >> musings sent me on a late night search for 39 World's =20 >> Fair+piano.=A0This is the best of what I found.Vintage pianos ads.=A0 = =20 >> This site will keep me busy for days and =20 >> days.http://shop.vendio.com/vintageads4u/page/0/25/?=20 >> search_cmd=3D1&categ=3D7833=A0=A0Another search of RCA+piano+world's = fair =20 >> gave me these:=A0History of David Sarnoff, who=A0developed commercial = =20 >> radio=A0was president of RCA.=A0 Do you think Bill Gates took a = lesson =20 >> from his =20 >> life?http://www.geocities.com/neveyaakov/electro_science/=20 >> sarnoff.html=A0Dude ... you forgot that Cristofori guy.=A0 Otherwise =20= >> interesting timeline of =20 >> electronica.http://www.jam2dis.com/j2delectronicahist4.htm=A0=A0It = looks =20 >> like Earl Hines toured with a piano like yours.=A0 See =20 >> 1940:http://www.fenderrhodes.com/history/timeline.php=A0There is =20 >> obviously=A0a market for 39 World's Fair collectibles.=A0 A = whole=A0other =20 >> world ('s fair) is out there for you to find.=A0Lisa Weller=A0P. S, = If my =20 >> mother lets me, I'll take a look at the collection of memorabilia my =20= >> father collected when he was a kid and spent the summer going to the =20= >> fair. > > --=20 > > > Christopher D. Purdy R.P.T.=A0=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 > School of Music, Ohio University=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0 > Athens, Ohio=A0 45701=A0=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0= =A0 > (740) 593-1656 > fax (740) 593-1429 > purdy@ohiou.edu > Christopher D. Purdy R.P.T. School of Music, Ohio University Rm. 311, Robt. Glidden Hall Athens, OH 45701 Office (740) 593-1656 Cell (740) 590-3842 fax (740) 593-1429 http://www.ohiou.edu/music ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 4252 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/02/ef/fc/09/attachment.bin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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