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size=4>Speaking of Wurlitzer's, last week I was given a contract
to tune 26 pianos for one of the local Milwaukee high schools that will be
hosting a music fest for all of the South Eastern Wisconsin schools. Most of the
pianos were Wurlitzer and Everett Studio pianos that were delivered over a
period of 4 days. The music director approached me Friday and asked if I would
look at a couple of their own pianos that needed some work as it seemed that
none of the keys worked on one of them and other problems with a couple of other
pianos. Upon opening the top lid on the first piano and looking in I was
horrified to see that someone had started on the bass end and worked all the way
to the high treble end breaking every one of the hammers off!! As if that wasn't
good enough they smashed down all of the back checks breaking most of the
wippens! She asked if it was repairable and I told her that it would cost more
to repair it than it was worth. That's not all!! I found several more pianos
that had all of the sharp key tops broken off and more broken hammers! I just
can't understand why someone would destroy pianos like that! These are high
school kids that should know better!! The janitors wound up screwing down all of
the lids on their school pianos along with installing ugly hasps with
padlocks on the fallboards. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=4>Does anyone on this list have a
horror story to share like this one??</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=4>Ron Boyd Wisconsin Chapter
#532</FONT></DIV>
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