[pianotech] Ethics of prop sticks

[David Boyce]

Ron, thank you for that delightfully vivid response! In point of fact, I 
was smashed out of my head on lack of Ovaltine.....

I love your oxymoron, "flagrantly insipid".

Surely we are all allowed a little qualm or two, the odd moment of 
self-doubt?  I am emboldened by everyone's robust and helpful responses, 
to do as I see fit! Yippee!

David Boyce




> 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........