Ferrante & Teicher (was Re: Baldwin appraisal)

[Avery Todd]

Charles,

Ferrante and Teicher were my first "professional" concert tuning! I
insisted on doing a lot of work on the instruments too, before I
agreed to tune them.

They were very nice, very complimentary and even gave me an autographed
album after the concert while they were selling them in the lobby of
the hall! :-)

Avery

At 12:01 PM 02/27/02 -0600, you wrote:
>There's probably lots of Baldwins out there with Ferrante and Teicher's
>clever two piano caricature beside their names. They were fond of signing
>pianos out in the field after their concerts provided the piano owner was
>amenable.
>
>I had the pleasure of hosting these gentlemen in the factory years ago.
>Both had the trademark identical hairstyle and mustache (aided by then
>with a lot of hair dye). Delightful guys with a broad sense of humor and
>surprisingly good piano technique. Teicher would spin off parallel thirds
>on each piano with amazing ease. The day they visited us they must have
>signed close to 60 grand pianos. Just helping Baldwin with a sales
>gimmick. These pianos were not exceptional, just standard off-the-line
>issue.
>
>So I guess the short answer to any question about added value on these
>signature pianos is ... what's an autograph worth these days?
>
>Regards,
>
>Charles Faulk
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