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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=davner@kaosol.net href="mailto:davner@kaosol.net">Dave =
Nereson</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> June 11, 2003 2:41 =
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: somewhat OT -- =
Steinway
trivia</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face="Times New =
Roman"> Also
during the war they made the Steinway Victory model upright, or the =
ODGI
(Olive Drab Government Issue) field piano, “a 40-inch upright that =
sat flat
on the floor, with no legs, looking like a box with a shelf sticking =
out.
... This 500-pound piano was transported in its own special =
olive-green
packing case, with handles that made it easy for four soldiers to =
carry.
<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The case included a =
set of
tuning tools, a book of instructions, sheet music (ranging from =
Protestant
hymns to advanced boogie-woogie), and some spare =
parts.”</FONT></DIV>
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face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>I saw one of these stripped =
for
refinishing some years back. Can't understand why the owner wanted =
to remove
that wonderful olive-drab paint, but there you go.... Under all the =
paint
was a very nice, highly figured walnut veneer.</FONT></P>
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face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Del</FONT></P>
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color=#000080>--You'd think they would've had some plywood around =
they could
have used instead of "trashing" nice walnut veneer. Or was it
considered essential to the tone? Or was walnut cheap =
then?</FONT></P>
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--Dave N. </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>I expect it was just regular =
production
painted green.</FONT></P>
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