I think it is a legitimate question since it is - an antique. Duaine Al Guecia/AlliedPianoCraft wrote: > Ron....You're a hoot! Love it! > > Al - > High Point, NC > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net> > Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 11:51 PM > To: <pianotech at ptg.org> > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Ethics of prop sticks. > >> David Boyce wrote: >>> The theatre have an 1894 Steinway B (or the then equivalent). It was >>> rebuilt by Steinway about 30 years ago and is beautiful. It only >>> has a one-piece lid prop, as they did at that time. I have been >>> asked about a short prop: the piano is mostly used for >>> accompaniment rather than recitals these days. >>> >>> I have written showing the director I deal with, outlining the >>> options of the short brass prop from Pianotech which would be fitted >>> alongside the existing prop stick, or replacing the existing >>> original prop with a new two-piece prop stick, stained and polished >>> to match. >>> >>> My initial thought was that the replacement would be the nicer >>> option. But tonight I am having qualms. The existing stick is the >>> original. If I replace it, will the piano cease to be "authentic" in >>> some way? (Albeit the action got lots of new stuff 30 years ago). >> >> I dearly hope you're just smashed out of your mind on Ovaltine and >> looking for low entertainment with the most flagrantly insipid thing >> you can think of, considering. The lid prop? Authentic? I'd say leave >> it alone, and put a collection box outside the front entry for the >> pilgrims that are sure to come worshiping at the alter of Steinway >> authenticity. A booth selling an antiseptic salve for skinned knees >> should be a real money maker too, to buy the Oxy Clean to scrub the >> blood off the walkway. When word gets out, you're going to need >> security guards, a numbered Swiss bank account, and a pet you can >> relate to. >> >> It's just a piano, dude, not a shrine or a god incarnate. It may not >> even be that much of a piano, pending realistic evaluation. Treat it >> like you would any other non-sacred object, and split the difference >> between what the customer wants and what's possible, as you would >> with any corporeal artifact. >> >> Ovaltine... Damn, that does sound good........ >> Ron N >> > -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding Reed Organ Society Member Florissant, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler at att.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com -- Home & Business user of Linux - 10 years
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