[pianotech] green piano with bass bridge problem

[Allied PianoCraft]

Well, just about every bad thing said about this piano is pretty much true, but it got me started in the retail business

I couldn't get any of the majors to give me their line, so I bought 6 of the Marantz (consoles only) with a follow up order of 12 waiting for my go ahead to ship. Within 8 months I did enough sales to get one of the majors to let me floor their line. The downside was I had to service all those piano I had sold. You know, it was like your stock broker going off a cliff with your brand new Porsche.

Al -
High Point, NC



From: Tom Driscoll 
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 10:34 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org 
Subject: Re: [pianotech] green piano with bass bridge problem



  Subject: Re: [pianotech] green piano with bass bridge problem


  When I was at WITCC, ('77/'78) there was a truckload sale of "Grand" pianos at a local hotel.  
  I think the "grand" moniker came from the price tag...

  Conrad Hoffsommer

  Conrad,
    I saw the same sales model in Florida in the 1970's. They would show up in small towns at the local shopping center with a tractor trailer full of these things ,a big tent ,some smaller delivery trucks and advertise on the local radio station.
  A  third party financing company approved credit on the spot and later that day you had a brand new piano with a moth proofed action , a genuine luan mahogany sounding panel and real copper bass strings for around $900.00.
    Here in Massachusetts I see a few each year that surprisingly have yet to fall apart. Typically however  the back assembly fails with the top of the posts warping along with glue joint failures galore and 
  the legs tend to fall off if you stare at them for more than a few minutes. 
  If I remember the parent company was Marantz or Kincaid. These things made the worst of the Aeolian's look good!
  Tom D.
    
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