24. (Piano teacher speaking) Well she got it from Bob and he's a good player so I thought it would be a good piano (and well worth $100... about a spinet with at least two dozen hammers with the felt peeling/peeled off and otherwise not even really qualifying as a PSO) <br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Paul T Williams <<a href="mailto:pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu">pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br><font face="sans-serif" size="2">21. I think somebody replaced
the "pads" once</font>
<br><font face="sans-serif" size="2">22. It was totally rebuilt (meaning...maybe
new bass strings and/or hammers)</font>
<br><font face="sans-serif" size="2">23, If the soundboard has a crack
in it, then it's worthless.</font>
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<br><tt><font size="2">Here are a few common or reported piano wives tales.
Feel free to add to <br>
the list if you have more.<br>
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1. Plates are made of solid brass<br>
2. Cases are made of "solid" whatever the veneer happens
to be, i.e. "For <br>
Sale: solid oak piano".<br>
3. Full sized uprights are also called grands.<br>
4. Any old piano MUST be valuable because everyone knows that antiques
are <br>
priceless.<br>
5. The piano has had only one owner so therefore it's in good condition.<br>
6. The piano has had four owners so therefore it must be in poor
condition.<br>
7. The piano used to be owned by the guy who wrote the "Love
Boat theme", <br>
therefore it's more valuable.<br>
8. If the keys have real ivory it must be a good piano.<br>
9. "The salesman told me it's the same brand that Elvis owned
so I know its <br>
a good piano."<br>
10. "They just don't make good pianos anymore".<br>
11. "It was in tune when I bought it but then it went out. There
must be <br>
something wrong with it."<br>
12. "I keep a jar of water under it so that it will stay in
tune longer."<br>
13. "I keep a jar of baking soda inside so that the sound board
won't <br>
crack."<br>
14. "I have PERFECT PITCH so I know that this piano isn't tuned
right."<br>
15. "I always have the piano tuned flat so that it will last
longer".<br>
16. "I know it isn't a big deal to fix it, I read about it on
the <br>
internet".<br>
17. If you restring a piano it will never sound as good as it did
when it <br>
was new.<br>
18. "My piano has gotten used to the way I play it".<br>
19. "This is the same piano my music teacher owns so I know
its a great <br>
piano."<br>
20. "It's not played very much so it never goes out of tune".
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