Our own pianos

[Porritt, David]

Phil:

I have a 5'4" Cunningham that I got from a church.  They turned down my
offer to haul it off for free, but accepted when I sweetened the deal by
$75.00.  I restrung it and put on hammers and shanks and did my
first-and-last refinishing job on it.  I had an apprentice working for
me that summer so it was a teaching project for him.  The refinishing
was a teaching project for both of us and I learned that I never want to
do that again!

dave

David M. Porritt
dporritt at smu.edu
-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On
Behalf Of Phil Bondi
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 6:22 AM
To: Newtonville
Subject: Our own pianos

Hi all.

I am curious more than anything: what do you have for a piano in your 
own home?

Me? Charles Walter Console. I bought it when I was apartment dwelling, 
and move it into my Coach Home. Now that I have room for a Grand, I have

a 1863 Style2 that will be getting the full treatment..a real labor of 
love for the foreseeable future.

I also admit that I rarely play the piano in my own home, so owning an 
antique that will be fully restored is a bit much..but I'm curious.

-Phil Bondi(Fl)