storytone

[Richard Moody]

Storytone is a collector's item since I think at least two or more people
on Mechanical Music Devices list might be interested.  As for the value
they are not that common so don't get sold every day or year.  I have seen
one once.  It happened to be in a player piano store I worked at.   It had
no soundboard.  The strings are amplified through magnetic pickups.  There
is a record player in the seat.  The recorded music and piano music came
out of the same speakers.  So the bench is necessary for the collector.  I
can't remember if there were external speakers.  If there is no collector
interest, sell it to a night club or piano bar for $2,000 so they can run
it through their house system.  If it doesn't have the bench and is not a
spinet,  I would offer up to $500 (according to condition) if it will run
through a modern amplifier.  ---ric

----- Original Message -----
From: oddsandends.com <oddsandends@earthlink.net>
To: <giradot@glenwood.net>; <pianotech@ptg.org>;
<mfarrell12@tampabay.rr.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 8:53 PM
Subject: storytone


Any idea of a value for a Storytone piano by STory and Clark voiced by RCA?
Know anyone interested in buying one?