Back before 1930 Lester made some really good instruments James Grebe Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups (314) 608-4137 WWW.JamesGrebe.com 1526 Raspberry Lane Arnold, MO 63010 BECOME WHAT YOU BELIEVE! pianoman@accessus.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Porritt, David" <dporritt@mail.smu.edu> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 6:25 PM Subject: RE: endorsed by the Philadelphia Orchestra???? Lester did make grand pianos -- or should I say horizontal spinets. I don't know how large they made, but I have a customer with one that's about 5'8". dave __________________________ David M. Porritt, RPT Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 dporritt@mail.smu.edu ________________________________ From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org on behalf of Tvak@aol.com Sent: Fri 12/3/2004 5:34 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: endorsed by the Philadelphia Orchestra???? List I've tuned many a Lester in my short career. Too many, I'd have to say. Today, there I was, sitting once again at a Lester, banging on those waterfall keys, attempting to make it sound like a piano when I looked up, and on the underside of the lid was a decal which stated, "Endorsed by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra". Whaaa? This is like the US Olympic Track and Field Team endorsing PAYLESS SHOES. Or the Nobel Peace Prize Committee awarding Yassar Arafat the Nobel Peace Prize. (Oh...wait...that actually happened...heh, heh) Anyway, how could this be true? Was anyone around back then (this piano dated to the 40s, I'd say) who could tell me how this could happen? I do have a theory, though. Perhaps it's because you can refer to either the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra OR Lester pianos by the initials: PSO! Tom Sivak Chicago PTG Associate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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