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

[Erwinspiano at aol.com]

Dave....IS it for sale?  $5.99...a  fair price.
 
  Dale

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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