Oddly enough, a guy in Michigan posted a "wanted" ad on eBay last week for a Helpinstill. (I didn't know you could place ads for stuff you want to buy....) http://wantitnow.ebay.com/Helpinstill-Roadmaster-64-electric-piano-Rhodes_W0 QQadidZ250087715948 Annie Grieshop snowy blowy Ioway -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org]On Behalf Of Paul McCloud Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 8:19 PM To: 'Pianotech List' Subject: RE: Hellpinstill (appropriately named) Hi, John: I have the privilege of working on one of these for a funky recording studio. Keeping the lost motion regulated is nearly impossible. I wondered if anyone else had seen one. At least it has a real soundboard, not like the Yamahas. Kooky I must say. Oh well. Paul McCloud San Diego -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of John Musselwhite Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 4:09 PM To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: Hellpinstill (appropriately named) At 07:14 PM 3/02/07 +0000, Brad H. wrote: Hi all, Had the opportunity to (try) and service and (try) to tune a Hellpinstill yesterday. Weird little portable spinet in a professional road-case from the sixties(?). Could be later. I tuned and repaired a brand-new one in the 80s. Awful little thing. Yamaha made a better version. Anyone else ever worked on one of these? The owner is interested in putting some money into it but I'd like to hear if I should just run away. If the owner is looking for a curiosity and has the money, let them put the money into it. Who knows... it might be worth something to someone someday. There probably aren't many left by now. John Musselwhite, RPT -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070302/95491336/attachment.html
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