Lennon's Model Z Piano?

[Billbrpt@AOL.COM]

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List,

Here is the text of a story about John Lennon's piano.  I've never heard of a 
model Z piano.  Also, the idea that it was to be used in a recording doesn't 
seem to have happened.  After many years of neglect, I wonder if it could not 
be tuned, regulated and voiced to broadcast quality. If it ressembles the 
notorious 1098, I wouldn't be surprised if no recording industry technician 
wanted to work on it.  So much for a famous name always meaning that you have 
"the world's finest piano".

Bill Bremmer RPT
Madison, Wisconsin

LONDON (AP) - Pop star George Michael has kept his promise to a Beatles 
museum in Liverpool and returned the piano used by John Lennon to record the 
song ``Imagine.'' 

The Steinway Model Z upright piano was back on display Thursday at the 
Beatles Story Museum, one year after Michael paid $2 million for the 
31-year-old instrument at auction, museum staff said. 

The piano had been on loan to the museum before its owner decided to sell it. 
Michael remarked that his new purchase was ``not the type of thing that 
should be in storage somewhere or being protected, it should be seen by 
people.'' 

But after shelling out all that cash, he said he wanted to record a song with 
the piano for his next album. His publicist said Thursday it was unclear 
whether such a recording had been made. 

The piano, built in Hamburg in 1970 and bought by Lennon the same year, was 
delivered by police escort from Michael's London home, museum staff said. 

Film footage shows Lennon performing ``Imagine'' for Yoko Ono on the 
instrument at his home in southern England in 1971. 

Lennon was shot and killed more than 20 years ago in New York City. The three 
other ex-Beatles - Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison - survive. 


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