Treasures in pianos

[Paul T Williams]

It's cool to see old dates and tuners who used to sign the plate in old 
uprights.  The best one I saw was an old upright painted white and inside 
on the green plate was a techs name and dated 1909, Nome Alaska!  It 
either had to be in a bar or missionary.  What else could have been there 
in those days?

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Various coins, of course, including a 1913, 10 shilling, silver coin from 
India.
 
Dog food, mice nests, little skeletons, and palmetto bug carasses and the 
like in keybeds.
 
A miniature ceramic skunk.
 
A business card with a phone number: 451-L
 
A tiny thank you note from one neighbor to another, from April 1944 with a 
'Win the War' .03 Victory stamp.  It was sent from 168 Peachtree Circle to 
1382 Peachtree Street, same city.
 
In a summer home, half the fringe from the oriental carpet made a nice 
nest among the tracker bar tubing in an upright player.
 
One of the best finds was starting a rebuild on a Cornish reed organ on 
April 11, 1996 and inside finding the hand written date from a previous 
service, April 11, 1906!
 
Debbie Legg
 
 
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