Treasures in pianos

[Willem Blees]

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Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT
Piano Tuner/Technician
Honolulu, HI
Author of 
The Business of Piano Tuning
available from Potter Press
www.pianotuning.com


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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. 
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Dog food, mice nests, little skeletons, and palmetto bug carasses and the like in keybeds. 
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A miniature ceramic skunk. 
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A business card with a phone number: 451-L 
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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. 
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In a summer home, half the fringe from the oriental carpet made a nice nest among the tracker bar tubing in an upright player. 
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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! 
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Debbie Legg 
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