Times article on "Piano Museum"

[Dave Nereson]

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Nope. Just that some sort of built-up coin piano made
from a home-pumper from the 1920's with a new decal
slapped on it was mistaken for an original, and this
slipped past the proofreader.
     Perish the thought!
     Thump
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--- Delwin D Fandrich <pianobuilders@olynet.com>
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> From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: June 11, 2003 10:39 AM
> Subject: Times article on "Piano Museum"
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> > I enjoyed last Friday's "times" article on the
> Museum
> > of the American Piano. But I seriously doubt that
> > anything such as the "Nickelodeon Piano Company"
> ever
> > existed in the 1920's!
> >     Oh well.
> >     That's the "Times" for you, I guess!"
> >     Thump
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> Are you saying some reporter made it up?
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> Inquiring minds want to know....
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> Del

    Nickelodeons, of course, were originally movie theatres [odeon -- =
ancient Greek word for theatre] to which the admission was a nickel.  =
Only after coin-operated pianos became widely installed in saloons, =
restaurants, hotels, etc., did the term come to refer to the piano =
itself.=20
    Pierce lists one Nickelodeon piano company in Huntsville, Alabama, =
but no other information. =20
    --David Nereson, RPT=20



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