John, Thanks for right name! Didn't think I was correct, knew it began with an "H" though. The CP 70/80's are nice, but once strings start to break, you better restring the whole instrument, and be sure to check the v-bar in the bass. On Sat, 20 Jan 2001 14:37:19 -0700 John Musselwhite <john@musselwhite.com> writes: > At 06:24 AM 1/20/2001 -0600, Bill S wrote: > > >John, Back in the late 60's and early 70's, there was a company, > I > >think in Chicago, that would take existing grands and remove the > >case/furniture. They would install pick-ups, build a custom > covering and > >legs for what was left. It could then be transported easier by > bands who > >wanted a real piano sound. You must realize this was BD. (before > >digital) I think the company was named Hilfinger or something like > that. > > Helpenstill. They are apparently back in business again making > their piano > pickup system, which sells for about $550. You still see them in > live > performance venues once in a while. > > I tuned one of those portable stage pianos for Bill McCaulder > (Powder > Blues/Willie and the Walkers) years back. As I recall it wasn't very > stable > compared to a CP-70/80, but it was a "real piano". > > Helpenstill also made a small vertical that folded into its own road > case, > but the only examples I saw of those were disasters compared to the > Yamaha > "stage" vertical. > > John > John Musselwhite, RPT - Calgary, Alberta Canada > http://www.musselwhite.com http://canadianpianopage.com/calgary > email: john@musselwhite.com http://www.mp3.com/fatbottom > Bill Schlipf Bloomington, IL ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
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