strange request

[Tom Servinsky]

Graeme,
We did the same thing a few years ago with our local concert hall. We called
it the "key club".  When Yamaha was having so much problem with the ivorine
keyboards I ended up with oodles of key sets and donated on full set to the
theatre. We made a mock keyboard ( non-moving) which was displayed on the
lobby wall. As the donors paid their key club amts., their name were
inscribed in gold on the key. At the time they were only needing $8,000 so
selling each key for $100 made their quota.
It worked for them.
Tom Servinsky,RPT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Graeme Harvey" <gharvey@netsource.co.nz>
To: "Pianotech@Ptg.Org" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 4:45 PM
Subject: strange request


> Hello all,
>
> I've been invited onto a group seeking to raise funds to replace a concert
> grand in our local community.
> We're setting various levels of donation with terms like "String" " white
> key" "black key" etc for increasingly large and generous sums.
> We're looking for a suitable term for the top level doners, something that
> describes those keen on pianos and associated music. Piano buff's,
> pianophile's etc don't quite sound right.
>
> Can any of you among the collective piano consciousness on this list help
> out here?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Graeme Harvey
> New Plymouth
> New Zealand
>