painted artwork on piano plates.

[Jon Page]

Sometimes the only thing to do is to salvage this artwork and discard the
rest.

I have taken apart many square grands. I've saved the keybeds for work-
benches and if nothing else, I cut out the cast, fillegre (for lack of a
better word)
dome. These hang on my shop wall, testament to the critters I've pulled
down much like the 'trophy heads' of game hunters.
Maybe a fitting end to the Rippen back until someone can figure out a
better use for it.  I hate to throw someone else's hard work away (except
after a few years of looking at it).

Is it Trash or Treasure.

Jon Page

At 05:55 PM 8/30/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>In a message dated 8/30/98 1:41:51 PM, tempola@swbell.net wrote:
>>
>><<employed a person whose job was to come by and
>>
>>'doodle" on piano plates!>>
>
>I once had a square piano that's only redeeming quality was the painting on
>the plate.  In addition to the pinstriping there was a beautiful rose
>painted in one corner and in another a very colorful bird.  Didn't I read
>somewhere that Steinway once employed one or more full time wood carvers to
>do legs?
>
>chris
>
>-Christopher D. Purdy R.P.T.   School of Music  Ohio University  Athens OH
>
>-purdy@oak.cats.ohiou.edu   (614) 593-1656    fax# (740) 593-1429
>
>
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