[pianotech] green piano with bass bridge problem

[Paul T Williams]

Pianos Shipped Objectively? Pianos Obviously Shipped?  Sorry, very long 
day!
Paul




From:
Scott Gray <pelican2 at gmx.com>
To:
pianotech at ptg.org
Date:
11/11/2010 05:14 PM
Subject:
Re: [pianotech] green piano with bass bridge problem



Does it say PSO on the side of there trucks?

(or POS).. heehee

At least it will be Lots of Work for the tuner/techs in that area!..  Look 
at the bright side.
(ok.. it's not to bright) ;-) 

Scott Gray
RSG Piano Service
BF2


On 11/11/2010 2:06 PM, Terry Farrell wrote: 
Don't laugh. You should see what they do at the local university piano 
sale each year.  A local dealer makes an agreement with the university - 
my understanding is that they give a percent of the sales to the school 
for letting them use the floor space. Then this local dealer (they sell 
pianos built in NY) trucks over all the pianos they've had trouble 
selling, AND oodles of other dealers (that sell this same brand of piano 
made in NY) all around the country (or at least the southeast, midwest and 
northeast) ship their been-sittin'-on-the-showroom-floor-too-many-years 
pie-anners down to the local university. Well, I shouldn't say they "ship" 
them exactly - that sounds too professional - actually they load them onto 
semi trailers and truck them down to Tampa - and so as not to be late for 
the show, they get here a week early where they sit in the trailer for the 
better part of a week. Oh, and did I mention that this annual sale is 
conducted in July? In Tampa, Florida? 95-degree, sunny most of the day 
with thunderstorms and tons of rain in the late afternoon Tampa? Sitting 
in the trailer in the HOT Florida sun in July high-humidity Tampa? 

What are these jokers thinking?

Terry Farrell

On Nov 10, 2010, at 10:34 PM, Tom Driscoll wrote:

 
Subject: Re: [pianotech] green piano with bass bridge problem

When I was at WITCC, ('77/'78) there was a truckload sale of "Grand" 
pianos at a local hotel. 
I think the "grand" moniker came from the price tag...

Conrad Hoffsommer

Conrad,
  I saw the same sales model in Florida in the 1970's. They would show up 
in small towns at the local shopping center with a tractor trailer full of 
these things ,a big tent ,some smaller delivery trucks and advertise on 
the local radio station.
A  third party financing company approved credit on the spot and later 
that day you had a brand new piano with a moth proofed action , a genuine 
luan mahogany sounding panel and real copper bass strings for around 
$900.00.
  Here in Massachusetts I see a few each year that surprisingly have yet 
to fall apart. Typically however  the back assembly fails with the top of 
the posts warping along with glue joint failures galore and
the legs tend to fall off if you stare at them for more than a few 
minutes.
If I remember the parent company was Marantz or Kincaid. These things made 
the worst of the Aeolian's look good!
Tom D.
 


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