<div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 12, 2007 11:04 PM, Hechler Family <<a href="mailto:dahechler@charter.net">dahechler@charter.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Michael, SLAP yourself silly - I restore these lovely antiques. Sure, if the rest is missing THEN you can do below BUT otherwise RESTORE THEM. See some of the beauties I have done: <a href="http://hechlerpianoandorgan.com/rest_organs.html" target="_blank">http://hechlerpianoandorgan.com/rest_organs.html</a> BTW, these organs are NOT furniture, they are Instruments. Are Steinway Grands - furniture ? Regards, Duaine <div class="Ih2E3d"> Michael Magness wrote: > > > Very unique! Another thing you see often are the top parts of the old > pump organs that have been made into wall hangings or added to desks, > tables etc. to "dress them up". I always recognize them right away but > discovered that many people weren't aware of where they came from > originally. They had never seen a fully decked out pump organ and > weren't aware of the top parts with the ornate carvings, shelves, > mirrors etc. that seperated from the body of the organ itself. > If you know what you're looking for they aren't hard to spot. > Thanks for sharing your little piece of art, > Mike -- </div>Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding Associate Member of the Piano Technicians Guild Reed Organ Society Member St. Louis, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 <a href="mailto:dahechler@charter.net">dahechler@charter.net</a> <a href="http://www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com/" target="_blank">www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com </a> -- Home & Business user of Linux - 9+ years </blockquote></div> <div> No offense meant or intended these tops as I stated are long seperated from the organs they were attached to and in many cases the people/owners aren't even aware of what they are until I tell them! I have never nor would I advocate seperating the beautiful artistic tops from their organ bases. I do wish people would read the entire post before jumping on someone for a perceived slight or mistake that simply wasn't in the post to begin with! My post was a simple FYI not an advocacy of the practice which had you bothered to read it carefully you would have noted! </div> <div>Lighten up, we're all respectful of each other's particular area of expertise and understand the importance of educating the general public in all of these areas!</div> <div> Mike -- A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. Michael Magness Magness Piano Service 608-786-4404 <a href="http://www.IFixPianos.com"> www.IFixPianos.com</a> email <a href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com</a> </div>