[CAUT] Fwd: [pianotech] Steinway Rebuilt D (possibly MIA)

Jeff Farris Jfarris at mail.utexas.edu
Fri Dec 5 09:21:00 PST 2008


List,

Has anyone heard if the missing D was found?

Curious,
Jeff Farris


On 11/29/08 5:54 AM, "reggaepass at aol.com" <reggaepass at aol.com> wrote:

> List,
> 
> I am forwarding this to the caut list at Nick's request.  What a situation!
> Please help keep an eye and an ear out for him and his (possibly) MIA piano.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Alan Eder
> CalArts
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nick Gravagne <gravagnegang at att.net>
> To: pianotech at ptg.org; 'CAUT' <caut at ptg.org>
> Sent: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 2:52 pm
> Subject: [pianotech] Steinway Rebuilt D (possibly MIA)
> 
> Hello all,
>  
> A rebuilt Steinway D # 464062 left our shop here in Strawberry, AZ Saturday
> night en route to an Oakland, CA piano storage facility prior to its final
> journey. The piano mover, Drexel Cunningham (AKA as Drex¹s Express), who we
> have used twice before for interstate moves with good results, has been
> missing in action along with his assistant since his departure. Along with
> obvious personal contact, he has been known to us primarily through a cell
> phone number and an email, both of which purportedly support a real office,
> whether in his LA-area home or elsewhere.
>  
> Like most interstate movers Mr. Cunningham informed us that en route to
> Oakland he may have occasion to work in another pickup or two, and that the
> Oakland arrival date (Monday the 24th) was not set in stone. That said, we
> have not heard from him since he left our shop. In the past he has always
> returned cell phone calls. The Oakland storage facility called us to inquire
> about Drexel¹s ETA, since they too had not heard from him, and this after they
> had left a couple of cell phone messages.
>  
> At this point something is fishy. We have called the California highway patrol
> and they report no accidents or other untoward accounts of his whereabouts. We
> are in the process of investigating likewise here in Arizona. We do not have
> his vehicle license plate number. He has left us with paperwork which shows a
> ³shipper¹s number² and a ³carrier¹s number².
>  
> Worst case I may need to report this instrument as stolen, but where to begin?
> State DA¹s office? Etc.?
>  
> So, to the List: anyone had a similar experience? Any thoughts, legal advice
> or suggestions would be welcome.
>  
> Wishing you all a pleasant Thanksgiving Day.
>  
> Regards,
>  
> Nick Gravagne, RPT
> Piano Technicians Guild
> Member Society Manufacturing Engineers
> Voice Mail 928-476-4143
>  
>  
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Jeff Farris
Piano Technician
School of Music
UT Austin
jfarris at mail.utexas.edu
512-471-0158

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