Steinway abuse, was Re: Who Builds After Market Keys?

[piannaman at aol.com]

Yes, some pretty amazing things can happen to pianos at schools.  I wonder where the keys ended up...
 
The worst case of school piano abuse was actually a Steinway in a frat house at Stanford University.  I wish I'd had a camera.  The soundboard was basically gooey with beer swill, the tuning pins were coated in black muck, many strings were broken.  I was just there to move it at the time, so pulling the action wasn't in my agenda.  But the thing that made moving a bit difficult was that the rear leg was missing, having long since replaced by a beer keg.  Pretty good height match, though it wasn't attached so well.
 
Dave Stahl


 
 
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From: mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 4:26 AM
Subject: Re: Who Builds After Market Keys?


Or Mike Morvan at Blackstone Valley Piano
 
http://www.pianoandorgankeys.com/
 
Dave - as for how can two keys be lost? Perhaps you missed the key word in the original post "a school"!
 
Terry Farrell
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I don't know about one-offs, but you might try Roseland. 
How does one lose two keys...?
 
Dave Stahl
 
 
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A school has lost keys C76 & D78 out of their Yamaha UI G #1286959.
 
Is there anyone out there that builds after market keys? Yamaha can't help me out.
 
All suggestions welcome.
 
Cheers,
 
Bruce Gibson
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