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<DIV><SPAN class=156083519-09012005><FONT face=Arial>Frank =
Hennessey, whom many
of you know well, tells an interesting story about a customer of his who =
bought
a Steinway grand (M, I think) for $250 at a university sale. She called =
to ask
him if he thought it would be a good deal since the piano was "kind of =
beat up."
He told her, of course, that he'd be happy to buy it if she
didn't!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=156083519-09012005><FONT face=Arial>Ya never
know.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=156083519-09012005><FONT face=Arial>Well, sometimes =
ya know and
ya still make dumb choices. What's up with THAT? </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan R. =
Barnard</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV>
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face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On =
Behalf Of
</B>Joe Garrett<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 09, 2005 12:48
PM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Weird
Spinet<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Friday, I had the dubious honor of =
"tuning" a
1939 "Musette". Sheesh! It was parallel stung w/a single bridge/giant =
hockey
stick, (you could hit the puck from anywhere on the ice!). More =
bi-chord wound
stings than I wanted to count! Harmonics----nothing matched! Real fun, =
to say
the least. The poor owner had bought it at a "University Sale", for =
$2,000!
(Gawd, I hate those sales!...even more now!) The odd thing was that =
the piano
was constructed very well. Nice Ivory, action was nice, throughout. =
Played
nice, just sounded like crap! The whole thing closed up like a square =
grand. I
hope this was the only one ever made, so that none of you have to try =
and work
on anything like it. BTW, it had a grand lyre, w/only two functioning =
pedals,
(the middle rod was attached to a spring on the underside of the =
keybed.
Lovely! :-(</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I usually relish working on the =
weird, but not
this one!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool
Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV><BR>
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