a rose by any other name...

[Alan R. Barnard]

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No, no, no.

Tell them its a No-Name Piano. Very mysterious, very rare, almost =
unique. Few people have them.

You could refinish it in white with broad black stripes or solid yellow =
with black lettering. A generic piano!

The decal should say: PIANO

Alan Barnard

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From: "Mike McCoy" <mjmccoyrpt@earthlink.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: a rose by any other name...


> "Pineway" was great!..... or,
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> "Woody Vertical Grand"
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> For Sale: Vertical woody, 45", decorative
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> Mike McCoy RPT
> Chapters 170 & 190 PTG
> Langhorne, Pa
> mailto:mjmccoyrpt@earthlink.net
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> From: <Tvak@AOL.COM>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 10:10 AM
> Subject: a rose by any other name...
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> > I have obtained an old vertical piano, no serial number, no name on=20
> > fallboard, plate or anywhere.  It's an interesting instrument, about =
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> > high, 85 keys, with some decorative carving on the case, which =
appears to be=20
> > pine (!). My guess is that it predates 1910.  (I base this on the =
style of=20
> > the case and the rocker capstans.)   I plan to recondition the piano =
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> > keytops, new damper felts, refinish the case, and regulate) and =
re-sell it. =20
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> > First of all, any guesses as to the manufacturer of this piano?  I =
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> > is a long shot, but maybe someone has come across a similar piano.  =
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> > would make a case out of pine?)
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> > Assuming the above question is unanswerable...
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> > I'm afraid it will be difficult to sell a piano with no name.  =
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> > piano is it?" "Well, I don't really know.")  Would it be too =
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> > deceptive, to slap a decal on the fallboard?  (Kind of a homemade =
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> > piano.)  Maybe I could call it a "Pineway"! (Spelled Peinway, of =
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> > Seriously, I'm thinking more along the lines of "Jacob & Sons", or =
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> > venerable like that.
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> > What do you think?  Is this out of line?
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> > Respectful of the collective moral attitude of the members of this =
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> > Tom Sivak
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