<HTML><HEAD> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19258"></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="MS Sans Serif">Yup!<G></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=erwinspiano@aol.com href="mailto:erwinspiano@aol.com">Dale Erwin</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=joegarrett@earthlink.net href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</A>;<A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 6/26/2012 10:02:28 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] Storytone - Soundboard-less piano</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=navy size=2 face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Well Joe<FONT size=2><FONT face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">...</FONT></FONT> <FONT color=navy size=2 face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"> that idea is great but I have other interest...turns out thought that they have some value if repaired right. Not sure how much... but more than I'd guess.<BR>  Dale<BR><BR> <DIV style="CLEAR: both"><FONT color=royalblue size=1><B><FONT face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT color=black><FONT color=mediumblue face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Dale Erwin R.P.T.<BR><FONT color=green>Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc.</FONT><BR></FONT></FONT></FONT></B></FONT><FONT color=darkgreen><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><B><FONT size=1><FONT color=black size=1><FONT color=blueviolet><FONT color=black><FONT color=black face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Mason & Hamlin</FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">/Steinway/</FONT><FONT color=black face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">U.S. pianos</FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><BR></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT color=cornflowerblue size=1 face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">www.Erwinspiano.com</FONT><FONT size=1><BR></FONT><FONT color=crimson size=1 face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Phone: 209-577-8397</FONT><BR><FONT color=darkgreen></FONT></FONT></B></SPAN></FONT><TT><TT><FONT color=darkgreen><BR> </FONT><BR>  <FONT size=2></FONT></TT></TT><BR><BR></DIV><BR><BR> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Joseph Garrett <joegarrett@earthlink.net><BR>To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><BR>Sent: Tue, Jun 26, 2012 9:27 pm<BR>Subject: Re: [pianotech] Storytone - Soundboard-less piano<BR><BR> <DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff; MARGIN: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 12px" id=AOLMsgPart_0_a64ffdf9-f4dd-4fec-99ae-3827c3b97b4b><PRE style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><TT>Mike said: "I was called out on one of those about 15 or 20 years ago by a HS classmate of mine, I think if memory serves, it was in the house when he bought it, in the basement of course. It was a spinet, again if I'm recalling correctly & the tuning pins seemed awfully loose. He had no one that played & he was wondering if there was any value to it, I couldn't find anyone interested in it at the time & I believe it ended up in the landfill. My point is that unless someone wanted to restore it as a museum piece the cost of restoration would probably out weigh any interest as a conversation piece." Mike, I really disagree. What's to "restore" for god sake?? Put that sucker on it's back. CA the tuning pins. Yank the tube preamp/amplifier and jack that sucker into a good Peavey amp! TUNE it, practice your skills for crying out loud. No big deal, imo. "RETRO" is IN with the Indy Bands, etc. There is a value to these unique instruments, imo. I really think you all should get out of your trite little box of mental blase' and look around you. See what's really going on in the music world, (outside of the "Classical" world)!! Sheesh! Sigh! That's my take on it. Joe Joe Garrett, R.P.T. Captain of the Tool Police Squares R I </TT></PRE></DIV></DIV></FONT></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>