Our own pianos

[Avery]

Dave,

A man after my own heart! :-D I used to have a partner in San Angelo who
did all the refinishing. He was actually VERY good at it. But I saw enough/
helped enough to know that I never wanted to learn to refinish! More power
to those who like it.

Avery

At 08:21 AM 4/26/2006, you wrote:
>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)