Erard Grand Piano

[Richard Brekne]

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Sad story indeed Phil... and I have just one thing to say... at least at
the moment.... :) and that is..... I just hope these are not the same
kind of people who would eventually get to carry guns on planes.

:)

philromano@attglobal.net wrote:

> I have to chime in here to tell a very sad story. a number of years
> ago I was called to by my brother ( a sound system installer) to come
> to a nightclub that he had been contracted by, to look at a piano that
> the owners wanted to get "tuned". This particular nightclub catered to
> gay clientele ( as Jerry Seinfeld said "not that there's anything
> wrong with that!"). The piano was similar to what is being described
> here. The owner's grandma had left it to her and she thought it would
> be the perfect thing to use in the "piano bar" section of the club.
> The instrument needed much TLC and the services of someone like Ed
> Swenson et al. I pleaded with them to remove it from the premises and
> have a proper restoration done or sell it to me. They wouldn't hear of
> it. The last I heard they had removed the action, painted it white and
> installed some electronic keyboard and had many patrons dancing on the
> lid to the booming beat of the  DJ. The action ended up in the
> dumpster and was carted off before I could retrieve it. The club has
> since long closed. Good riddance. May the Erard r.i.p.  Phil Romano
> Myrtle Beach, SC
> philromano@attglobal.net

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Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway
mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no


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