Just needs a little tuning!

[Joey Recker]

   Thanks,   

   Alot of people ask me if I've ever tuned the Presiden't piano also!  The honest answer is...  "I don't know".  I can't recall the brand (I'm out of town now and can't access my files), but his piano was a name made in Savannah Georgia.  There is an old upright at the Lillian Carter Nursing Home in Plains of the same vintage and name, and I am told it was donated to the Home (but wasn't told who donated it).  I tuned it twice.  When I told the Nursing Home how much work it really needed and they decided to get another piano.  That piano still sits all alone in a hallway.  I've often meant to ask President Carter if it is the piano listed as his "Presidential Piano" but never have.  It seems likely, but who knows.  Around here there's not much fame in knowing President Carter.  We all grew up knowing him while everyone else said "Jimmy Who" <grin>.

Thanks for the reply.  
Joey

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 From: "hubert liverman" <hubertliverman at bellsouth.net>
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 3:09 PM
To: joey at onkeypiano.com
Subject: Re: Just needs a little tuning! 

 Hi Joey,     Thank you for your reply. My post was meant in friendship, and your post caused me to recall a fond memory. The Piano was a late 1900 vintage and black. I do not really recall the relationship to Mr. Carter except that the person owned a hardware store. I never met that family. The piano was brokered though a 'dealer' In Auburn. I did prep/repair work,delivered and tuned the piano. I did see Billy Carter at a motel restaurant in Americus once but we did not speak. Incorrectly, the word got out that I had worked on "The Presidents" piano. I did my best to deny that rumor, to no avail. I never met the President and his family. Please relay this message to the Carters,and give them my warmest regards from someone who was,and still embarrassed at 15 seconds of unwarranted fame.     In this case, I would not question why I haven't been asked to tune it  <G>     Should you choose, forward/edit/reply this to the PTG list..... It is great.        Hubert            ----- Original Message -----  From: Joey Recker  To: hubertliverman at bellsouth.net  Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 10:16 AM Subject: Re: Just needs a little tuning! 
I have not yet seen a Steinway upright.  I know Jimmy pretty well (he's my neighbor) and he has me tune for a friend of his (David Osborne from Vegas) when he comes to town for concerts...   I wonder which cousin?  I do alot of work in Americus but not Georgia Southwestern yet.  (my alma mater). 

I see Jimmy and Rosalyn at least once a month (we serve on the Better Hometown Committee together).  I'll ask him if he knows where this piano is (and why I haven't been asked to tune it!)

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 From: "hubert liverman" <hubertliverman at bellsouth.net>
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 10:34 AM
To: joey at onkeypiano.com>, "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: Just needs a little tuning! 

  Joey,      Don't you just love it when the tornado warning sirens go off two times in a week and it's JANUARY?     Is the Steinway upright that I worked on for Jimmy Carters cousin(?) in 1979 or so on your customer list? Americus and Georgia Southwestern are nearby and Plains was on the way..routing don't you know. At any rate the piano is salvage, and posts are coming in as to how to use it.         Hubert Liverman  Opelika,AL.                     ----- Original Message -----  From: Joey Recker  To: pianotech at ptg.org  Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 7:38 AM Subject: Re: Just needs a little tuning! 
I did not agree to the repairs.  I have an upright in my shop that I offered to sell to her at a reasonable price.  She is considering the offer.

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 From: Conrad Hoffsommer <hoffsoco at luther.edu>
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 6:09 AM
To: joey at onkeypiano.com, Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
Subject: Re: Just needs a little tuning! 

At 05:22 AM 1/8/2007 -0500, you wrote:
>"Mamma said there be days like this."
>
>This morning I woke up to a terrible rain storm. My first piano of 
>the day was a new customer only 10 miles away who told me she had an 
>upright piano that just needed a "tuning".
>
>I arrived to find a 1975 Henry F. Miller Spinet. It didn't look too 
>bad from the outside. Then I opened it up. the felt on every 
>single hammer is separating from the hammers. I counted 24 bass 
>strings broken, and 26 treble strings.
>
>I showed her what it looked like on the inside and she asked me if 
>it was worth fixing. I told her that she was the only one who could 
>decide that. I gave her a price for re-stringing, and replacing all 
>the hammers and a good cleaning. I explained to her what a 
>comparable piano would cost her to purchase new and used. I bid the 
>job high enough (but fair for the amount of work that needs to be 
>done) and figured that no sane person would want to put that kind of 
>money into this piano. She wants it fixed!
>
>I usually just lurk here and glean all the knowledge I can from you 
>fine folks, but my new year's resolution is to participate more in 
>the list. I thought this gem of a piano was worth sharing. I'm 
>just glad all it needed was a good tuning! I don't think I could 
>stand it if it needed some serious work done!
>
>Joey
>On Key Piano
>Plains, GA

Bless you, my son, for you now know the full meaning of the 
expression "can of worms".

Which hurricane(s) did that? When the pinblock/backposts/etc. 
delaminate under the restored tension of full stringing, then what?

Conrad Hoffsommer

There comes a time in every man's life and I've had plenty of them.
-Casey Stengel


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