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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Chris,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The case sounds like the only thing =
left of value
except if it is intended for exact hysterical preservation.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ever consider an organ ( keyboard )
transplant?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A
href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI=
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<A title=purdy@ohio.edu href="mailto:purdy@ohio.edu">Christopher =
Purdy</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 06, 2005 7:32 =
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [CAUT] Storytone piano =
update</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Thanks to everyone that responded to my post. I'm sorry =
for the
delay in getting back but the University's server was down all day =
yesterday.
I had not realized how much I had come to depend on email until
then.<BR><BR>By the posts I've read and what I found on the web, it =
seems
there were some very different incarnations of this piano. I was able =
to see
the piano the other night and I though some of you might enjoy hearing =
about
it.<BR><BR>The serial numbers line up with Story and Clark for 1939. =
We were
told that this piano was exhibited at the 39 world fair in Chicago so =
that
part of the story lines up. It has a BEAUTIFUL art deco case that I =
can't
begin to describe. I have never seen anything like it. I really wonder =
if it
or a limited number of them were commissioned for the fair and =
designed by
some wacky designer. Some veneer is loose but there are no bad =
scratches or
dents. With a good cleaning/rub down and veneer repair this case would =
be
absolutely stunning.<BR><BR>It has a standard plate, 88 notes, and the =
usual
one, two, and three string unisons. There is no sound board but =
individual
pick ups for each string. If there was ever amplifiers or a turn table =
it's
gone. (the bench is not there, some of that equipment is rumored to =
have lived
there)<BR><BR>The keys are a mess. At some point somebody replaced =
several
missing ivories with plastic. Then at some other point some dork =
painted the
key tops white.<BR><BR>There are no organ parts as some have seen in =
other
Storytones. Picture a spinet piano. Now take out the sound board, put =
pick ups
behind the strings, and speakers behind the plate. At best this dude =
sounded
like an amplified spinet (it sounds stupid without amplification, like =
playing
an electric guitar without an amp) but the case is just a knock out. I =
am
dying to take it apart and check it all out.<BR><BR>If my friend buys =
this I
will post some pictures of it. As cool as this thing is, it would need =
re-stringing. Since there is no board, it is useless as an acoustic =
piano. I
wonder if the pick ups could still work. Do they deteriorate? Someone =
would
have to fix them or replace them, replace the speakers, and then =
design a
simple amp. It has me thinking crazy thoughts...<BR><BR>Chris<BR>-- =
<BR><I><?fontfamily><?param Lucida Calligraphy>Christopher D. Purdy
R.P.T.<BR>School of Music, Ohio University<BR>Rm. 311, Robt. Glidden
Hall<BR>Athens, OH 45701<BR>Office (740) 593-1656<BR>Cell (740)
590-3842<BR>fax (740)
593-1429<BR><?/fontfamily></I>http://www.ohiou.edu/music</BLOCKQUOTE></BO=
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