OK, I accepted your challenge and got the guy on the phone. Correct, the guy's name is Brad Wilson, Action Piano Service, Waco, TX It seems that Mr. Wilson has spent the last 2 years restoring this piano. It's the only black piano of this type he's ever seen so it must have been custom built, the only one of its kind. He has seen a couple of other brown vynal covered Wurlitzer spinets but they certainly were not as pretty as this one. He has completely gone over this piano - disassembled and reassembled, it's perfect. He must have said, at least 10 times, that he's a perfectionist and has spent much time on this instrument. The finish alone is worth at least $10,000. I said: So you've replaced the pin block, soundboard and bridges? He said: They're perfect. Me: So they've been replaced with all new? Him: No, they didn't need it, they're perfect. Me: How about the action? It must be new. Him: Perfect, it's perfect. Me: So you replaced the action? Him: No, it's was perfect. I completely disassembled and reassembled it. Me: Oh, I see. All new bushings and center pins? Him: No, they were perfect. I inspected them completely, disassembled and reassembled the action. Then he said that it has all new keys. Special ordered in off-white to blend in with the age of the piano. (I bet he meant keyTOPS.) He also said this piano sounds like a St(didn't finish the word) well, it's the best sounding spinet he's ever heard and he's been in the business for 15 years. He certainly wouldn't have put this much time into a piano that wasn't exceptional and worth every bit of the asking price. I said: What is the asking price? Him: Twenty-Eight Me: Twenty-Eight Hundred? Him: No, Twenty-Eight Thousand, just like the add said. This is the most beautiful piano you've ever seen. Well worth a trip to Waco to see it. Me: Silence, since I wasn't sure whether I should be laughing or crying. Well listfolk, there it is. It was not a misprint. For only slightly more than a used M or L, you can have a used Wurlitzer spinet, completely restored by a perfectionist and appraised by a technician who's been in the business for 15 years and has tuned for the Waco convention center! Your live action news reporter from deep in the heart of BubbaLand, Danny Moore
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