Piano-Organ combo

[conrad hoffsommer]

Susan & list,

>>    I was just offered for a song a Jesse-French Piano / Lowery organ
>combo. 

<snip>
>I have, oh, I HAVE! It had better be a short song!
>Jesse French ...
>
>>If the song is short enough, you could get ahold of the tarnation thing and
>>use it to start a Museum of Technological Horrors.


Thanks for the memories, folks. I'd tried to forget.  A Jesse French was my
first encounter with faux fallboards and "duh!" warranty calls. Owner
wondered why the keycover didn't move... A Yamaha owner with similarly
appointed instrument asked if there was a way to retrofit a working cover.
(didn't apparently appreciate cat's musical talent at 2AM)

I did see the feature put to good use one time. I found the family savings
bank (1/2 gal. jar) tucked in the space behind the music rack where a
movable fall _would_ have been.

BTW, did the Organo attachment in a Kimball Consollette have the same effect
on tunings?

conrad

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