I found the following this morning on page 12 of the April 1973 Piano Technicians Journal: The Gordon Laughead Company A small family-owned and operated piano manufacturing company dedicated to the building of a good musical keyboard instrument- not fancy furniture. An increasing number of independent Piano Technicians have discovered that the Gordon Laughead Piano sounds like a piano- tunes like a piano- holds reasonably well. Want to know more about them? Write for a free brochure. Grand Haven, MI [end of ad] >n Thu, 18 Sep 1997 02:58:31 -0400 (EDT) Tunapiana@aol.com writes: >>In a message dated 97-09-18 02:52:53 EDT, you write: >> >><< Today, I tuned a Laughead console for the dealer for whom >> I sometimes do floor tunings. >> He said he had no information about this brand, neither do I. >>Anybody >> ever heard of this one? Thanks in advance. >> Arnold Schmidt, Raleigh, NC, arnold1@mindspring.com >> >> >> >>Yes, I have. I work for a dealer here in N. Fla and they just got a >>spinet in >>by that name. I don't know who makes it but for a spinet it isn't bad. >>I will >>have to replace the plastic elbows and do a roll/twist job on the bass >>strings but after a quick pitch raise and tuning it didn't sound bad. >> Anybody else? >> >>Greg Torres >>Niceville, Fla >>Tunapiana@aol.com >> Eric Leatha, RPT Portland, OR tunrboy@teleport.com "Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy." -Kahlil Gibran
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