This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Dave Nereson=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: June 10, 2003 9:21 PM Subject: somewhat OT -- Steinway trivia =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 >>From: Phillip Ford=20 >>To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 >>Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 12:52 PM >>Subject: Re: OT Olde Aeroplanes =20 Also during the war they made the Steinway Victory model upright, = or the ODGI (Olive Drab Government Issue) field piano, "a 40-inch = upright that sat flat on the floor, with no legs, looking like a box = with a shelf sticking out. ... This 500-pound piano was transported in = its own special olive-green packing case, with handles that made it easy = for four soldiers to carry. The case included a set of tuning tools, a = book of instructions, sheet music (ranging from Protestant hymns to = advanced boogie-woogie), and some spare parts." I saw one of these stripped for refinishing some years back. Can't = understand why the owner wanted to remove that wonderful olive-drab = paint, but there you go.... Under all the paint was a very nice, highly = figured walnut veneer. Del ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/ed/cd/2a/3e/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC