What to do with that old piano

[Michael Magness]

On Dec 12, 2007 11:04 PM, Hechler Family <dahechler at charter.net> wrote:

> Michael,
>
> SLAP yourself silly - I restore these lovely antiques. Sure, if the rest
> is missing THEN you can do below BUT otherwise RESTORE THEM.
>
> See some of the beauties I have done:
>
> http://hechlerpianoandorgan.com/rest_organs.html
>
> BTW, these organs are NOT furniture, they are Instruments. Are Steinway
> Grands - furniture ?
>
> Regards, Duaine
>
> Michael Magness wrote:
> >
> >
> > Very unique! Another thing you see often are the top parts of the old
> > pump organs that have been made into wall hangings or added to desks,
> > tables etc. to "dress them up". I always recognize them right away but
> > discovered that many people weren't aware of where they came from
> > originally. They had never seen a fully decked out pump organ and
> > weren't aware of the top parts with the ornate carvings, shelves,
> > mirrors etc. that seperated from the body of the organ itself.
> > If you know what you're looking for they aren't hard to spot.
> > Thanks for sharing your little piece of art,
> > Mike
> --
> Duaine Hechler
> Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ
> Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding
> Associate Member of the Piano Technicians Guild
> Reed Organ Society Member
> St. Louis, MO 63034
> (314) 838-5587
> dahechler at charter.net
> www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com
> --
> Home & Business user of Linux - 9+ years
>
>
No offense meant or intended these tops as I stated are long seperated from
the organs they were attached to and in many cases the people/owners aren't
even aware of what they are until I tell them! I have never nor would I
advocate seperating the beautiful artistic tops from their organ bases. I do
wish people would read the entire post before jumping on someone for a
perceived slight or mistake that simply wasn't in the post to begin with! My
post was a simple FYI not an advocacy of the practice which had you bothered
to read it carefully you would have noted!
Lighten up, we're all respectful of each other's particular area of
expertise and understand the importance of educating the general public in
all of these areas!

Mike
-- 
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging
their prejudices.
Michael Magness
Magness Piano Service
608-786-4404
www.IFixPianos.com
email mike at ifixpianos.com
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