The piano that betrayed Goldfinger

[Barbara Richmond]

Paul, next time, pictures!

Barbara Richmond

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Mulik" <tubist at swbell.net>
To: "piano" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 12:01 PM
Subject: The piano that betrayed Goldfinger


> Hello list,
>
> I went to tune an old Cable grand today at a little country church.  The
> pastor had told me over the phone the day before that a ballpoint pen had
> recently fallen down into the action, and asked if I could remove it while 
> I
> was there.
>
> When I pulled out the action, I was surprised to see that it had been
> covered in paint -- GOLD paint.  Someone had obviously re-whatevered the
> action at some point, and decided to put a finishing touch on the job by
> spray-painting the entire action, keys and all (except for the hammers,
> which appeared to be original, and the new keytops).  I wonder what would
> possess anyone to do such a thing?
>
> Paul Mulik
>
>