<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1 = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content=Word.Document name=ProgId> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16414" name=GENERATOR> <META content="Microsoft Word 10" name=Originator><LINK href="cid:filelist.xml@01C75CF7.4908A7D0" rel=File-List><o:SmartTagType name="time" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="date" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType> <STYLE>  </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US style="tab-interval: .5in" vLink=purple link=blue> <DIV>Oddly enough, a guy in Michigan posted a "wanted" ad on eBay last week for a Helpinstill.  (I didn't know you could place ads for stuff you want to buy....)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><A href="http://wantitnow.ebay.com/Helpinstill-Roadmaster-64-electric-piano-Rhodes_W0QQadidZ250087715948">http://wantitnow.ebay.com/Helpinstill-Roadmaster-64-electric-piano-Rhodes_W0QQadidZ250087715948</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Annie Grieshop</DIV> <DIV>snowy blowy Ioway</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left>-----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Paul McCloud Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 8:19 PM To: 'Pianotech List' Subject: RE: Hellpinstill (appropriately named) </DIV> <DIV class=Section1> Hi, John:           <o:p></o:p>             I have the privilege of working on one of these for a funky recording studio.  Keeping the lost motion regulated is nearly impossible.  I wondered if anyone else had seen one.  At least it has a real soundboard, not like the Yamahas.  Kooky I must say.  Oh well…<o:p></o:p>             <o:p></o:p>             Paul McCloud<o:p></o:p>             San Diego<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of John Musselwhite Sent: <st1:date Year="2007" Day="2" Month="3">Friday, March 02, 2007</st1:date> <st1:time Minute="9" Hour="16">4:09 PM</st1:time> To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: Hellpinstill (appropriately named) <o:p> </o:p> At <st1:time Minute="14" Hour="19">07:14 PM</st1:time> <st1:date Year="2007" Day="2" Month="3">3/02/07</st1:date> +0000, Brad H. wrote: <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> Hi all,   Had the opportunity to (try) and service and (try) to tune a Hellpinstill yesterday.  Weird little portable spinet in a professional road-case from the sixties(?).<o:p></o:p> Could be later. I tuned and repaired a brand-new one in the 80s. Awful little thing. Yamaha made a better version.   <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p> Anyone else ever worked on one of these?  The owner is interested in putting some money into it but I'd like to hear if I should just run away.<o:p></o:p> If the owner is looking for a curiosity and has the money, let them put the money into it. Who knows... it might be worth something to someone someday. There probably aren't many left by now. <X-TAB>        </X-TAB>John Musselwhite, RPT<o:p></o:p></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>