<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <STYLE>BODY { BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt } P { MARGIN: 0px } </STYLE> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19046"></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=671505300-29042011><FONT face=arial>Actually, there are four pianos at the main camp. The 1927 Knabe B Grand with the Ampico A reproducer is in the Villa Philmonte. It is the former ranch house of Waite Phillips who donated the house and 135,000 acres to the Boy Scouts of America. It was, as near as I can tell, created for the Phillips and was one of two reproducing grands he ordered from Knabe in 1927. The other is at Philbrook, the home he donated to the city of Tulsa for their art museum. In addition, he gave the BSA the Philtower office building in downtown Tulsa, the tenant rental was to pay for upkeep of the Philmont Scout Ranch. He gave another office building to the city of Tulsa to pay for the upkeep of Philbrook. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=671505300-29042011>He and his wife Genevieve gave away half of what they made from very early on in their marriage. His most famous saying is <BR>"you never own anything until you can give it away." </SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=671505300-29042011>It was a real privilege to restore his piano but even more to learn about such a remarkable individual.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=671505300-29042011>Best,</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=671505300-29042011>DP</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=671505300-29042011> <DIV align=left><FONT size=2>Dale Probst RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT size=2>Registered Piano Technician</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT size=2>Ward & Probst, Inc.</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT size=2><A href="http://www.wardprobst.com/">www.wardprobst.com</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT size=2><A href="mailto:dale@wardprobst.com">dale@wardprobst.com</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr> <DIV></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr lang=en-us class=OutlookMessageHeader align=left><FONT face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>dastheimer@peoplepc.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 28, 2011 5:58 PM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] Philmont piano<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,sans-serif>I went to Philmont in 1965 . Don't remember seeing any pianos at 14 years of age ! However , I do remember beautiful , high-altitude hiking and 45 pound backpacks and dehydrated food that was questionable ( taste-wise ) . That piano that was restored ; most likely was somewhere on the grounds . Wish I had come across it !<BR></FONT> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px">-----Original Message----- <BR>From: tnrwim@aol.com <BR>Sent: Apr 27, 2011 6:12 PM <BR>To: pianotech@ptg.org <BR>Subject: [pianotech] Philmont piano <BR><BR><FONT face=arial> <DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I just saw on Allan's blog, that Dale and Norman were involved in the restoration of the Philmont Scout Ranch piano. Interestingly, I tuned that piano, or least tried to, back in 1992 or 3, and recommended at that time that it needed to be restored. Glad to see it was finally done. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim <BR><BR></DIV> <DIV style="CLEAR: both"></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><PRE> ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com</PRE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>