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</style></head><body id="compText">Ebay auction # <span class="ebay">260169593807 <br><br>http://cgi.ebay.com/1939-First-Electrostatic-Story-Clark-Piano_W0QQitemZ260169593807QQihZ016QQcategoryZ43377QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem<br><br></span>Here's the copy from the auction, which starts at $1000:<br><br>----------------<br><h2 style="font-weight: bold;"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><font face="Arial">You
have an opportunity to buy a piece of history! This Story & Clark
piano model was first introduced in the 1939 New York World's fair and
is an electronic upright piano (electrostatic pick-up)! Only 300 were
ever made. It was manufactured in partnership with Story & Clark,
RCA Victor and Lyon & Healy. It is an upright piano with RCA
stereo components and volume control. All parts (including gas tubes)
are in perfect working order! Only 2 owners. </font></font></h2>
<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><font face="Arial" size="2">Here is an excerpt from an 1939 Time article discussing this piano:</font></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">"A man picking
out Old Black Joe on the piano is a man having a mildly good time. But
he would be having a better time if he were extracting great ranges of
dynamics and tone color from his instrument. To make amateurs feel like
virtuosos has been, in recent years, one great object of U. S.
electrical engineers. Six years ago Radio Engineer Benjamin Franklin
Miessner patented an electronic piano, in which pickups and a
loudspeaker do the work of a sounding board and make amateurs dynamic
enough to bring in the neighbors. Today eight companies are licensed to
make electronics. Last week big Radio Corporation of America entered
this potentially large field. </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">In collaboration
with Story & Clark Piano Co. of Grand Haven, Mich., RCA put on the
market the Storytone...Story & Clark will distribute the piano,
which is basically like other electronics, with the slogan "Voiced by
RCA Victor." Not many manufacturers have yet made money on electric
pianos. Reason: piano players are conservative; before buying a
substitute for a piano they want to be sure they want it., Mich., RCA
put on the market the Storytone, priced at $695. Story & Clark will
distribute the piano, which is basically like other electronics, with
the slogan "Voiced by RCA Victor." Not many manufacturers have yet made
money on electric pianos. Reason: piano players are conservative;
before buying a substitute for a piano they want to be sure they want
it.</font></p>-------------<br><br><br><br>....looks to be in good shape...<br><br><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 0px;"><blockquote dir="ltr" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;"><div class="Section1"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div></blockquote>
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