Now that was a really nice story Gordon. Thanks muchly for sharing this. Must have been a really neat experience for you :) Cheers RicB Gordon Holley wrote: > This past weekend I had the pleasure of returning to my Alma Matre > High School, Battle Creek, Michigan, and playing the piano in a 19 > piece big band composed of other alumni, dating from 1968 back to > 1944. I graduated in the class of 1955. The band was the featured > act in a 3 hour show produced by the high school on both Friday and > Saturday evenings, made up of high school students, chorus line and > all. > Dick Day, a tuner/technician from Marshall, Michigan, was the lead > alto sax man and directed the band which played two of his > arrangements "Satin Doll" and "Peter Gun" > The piano was a Steinway D, SN293528, 1938. I had played this piano > many times while in high school, however, this time when I first sat > down to play it was obvious it had been rebuilt very recently, and by > whom I don't know, but they did a magnificant job. Absolutely > beautiful and the stage crew even wore gloves while pushing the piano > into position on the stage and would not let the case be touched with > a bare hand. It has an deep ebony finish and glistened in the > lights. The only possible negative point, that both Dick and I > noticed, was that the action was a slight bit sluggish, but none the > less this beauty did sing. What a thrill . . like this one are far > and few between. Just thought I'd share the experience. > Regards, Gordon Holley, Goshen, Indiana > Associate Member, Indiana Chapter 467 - Tuner/Technician > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
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