John Lennon's Steinway

[robert goodale]

I wonder who the lucky one will be who gets to tune it ;-)

Anyone on this list know anything directly about this piano?  Has anyone here
worked on it?  Someone's gotta know someone who is familiar with it.

Rob Goodale, RPT
Las Vegas, NV


John Musselwhite wrote:

> Hi Folks.
>
> I was just watching the news and saw that John Lennon's Steinway "Z"
> vertical he bought in 1970 for about $1,000 pounds and on which he composed
> "Imagine" sold at auction today to an anonymous buyer for 1.5 million
> pounds ($2,080,000 USD or a cool $3 million CDN)!
>
> See http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20001017/re/britain_lennon_dc_8.html
>
> Let's hope it remains on display in a museum rather than sitting in Michael
> Jackson's (for example only) living room!
>
> Does anyone know anything about this model? I've seen a "V" (lovely
> piano!), but never a "Z". Is it properly called a "Zed" or a "Zee"?
>
> It looked like a continental-style 1098... but at two million bucks perish
> the thought!
>
>                                 John
> John Musselwhite, RPT    -     Calgary, Alberta Canada
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