Hurricane Andrew piano?

[Farrell]

> -Yamaha 86 note piano with a 85 note keyboard.

I'm trying to picture this in my limited cranium. Is there a typo here, or
is my thinking just too traditional and restricted. Maybe I need to "free"
my mind. How is this possible. Please elaborate on what you have here Phil.

Sounds like we need to have a contest for the most horrible/junk piano in
existence that is still be played/used on a regular basis? Maybe three
catagories - Design garbage, Manufacturing/Material horrors, and Wear (worn
out, but still hanging on by a thread). Oh yeah, one more catagory, dear to
all our hearts (or bellies): "Rebuilt" monsters (this may likely be the most
entertaining)!

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Bondi" <tito@PhilBondi.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 8:17 AM
Subject: Hurricane Andrew piano?


> Good morning.
>
> I have heard of this type of instrument being sold to the general public,
> and I think I just came across my first one, and it's in a restaurant
where
> a player who I respect is playing on 4 nights a week( i feel real bad for
> him). Here are the facts, and this is in NO WAY a knock on the
> manufacturer..it's more me venting which appears to be deception to the
> general public:
>
> -Yamaha 86 note piano with a 85 note keyboard.
> -A key frame that will not seat to the keybed(I wonder why).
> -It's a 2-pedal arrangement on the pedal lyre, and there's alot of slop
with
> the damper pedal, and the una corda doesn't move the keyframe(I wonder
why).
> -It's been re-strung and the case was re-finished..but I can not find a
> model or a serial# anywhere on this instrument. It has the markings of
> Yamaha, but no indication of what vintage it is.
> -It plays like a bag of marshmellows..how do I know? I recently was called
> to do some work on it and I played 4 hrs. on it last night subbing for the
> regular guy..now, my chops are rusty i admit, but I know gosh darn well
what
> the guts look like, and it's not pretty.
>
> There's a few of you from the East Coast who monitor and contribute to
this
> forum. Have any of you come across such an animal?
> Have you heard of the "Hurricane Andrew" vintage instruments?
> Is there any recourse for the restaurant(they don't have any idea what a
> mess this thing is)?
>
> my hands hurt,
> roo(k)
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