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<DIV>Nope. Just that some sort of built-up coin piano made<BR>from a =
home-pumper
from the 1920's with a new decal<BR>slapped on it was mistaken for an =
original,
and this<BR>slipped past the proofreader.<BR> =
Perish the
thought!<BR> Thump<BR> <BR>--- =
Delwin
D Fandrich <<A
href="mailto:pianobuilders@olynet.com">pianobuilders@olynet.com</A>>=
<BR>wrote:<BR>>
<BR>> ----- Original Message ----- <BR>> From: "gordon stelter" =
<<A
href="mailto:lclgcnp@yahoo.com">lclgcnp@yahoo.com</A>><BR>> To:
"Pianotech" <<A
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR>> =
Sent: June 11,
2003 10:39 AM<BR>> Subject: Times article on "Piano Museum"<BR>> =
<BR>>
<BR>> > <BR>> > I enjoyed last Friday's "times" article on
the<BR>> Museum<BR>> > of the American Piano. But I seriously =
doubt
that<BR>> > anything such as the "Nickelodeon Piano =
Company"<BR>>
ever<BR>> > existed in the 1920's!<BR>> =
> Oh
well.<BR>> > That's the "Times" for you, I =
guess!"<BR>> > Thump<BR>> > <BR>> =
<BR>> <BR>> Are you saying some reporter made it up?<BR>> =
<BR>>
Inquiring minds want to know....<BR>> <BR>> Del</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> Nickelodeons, of course, were originally movie =
theatres
[odeon -- ancient Greek word for theatre] to which the admission was a
nickel. Only after coin-operated pianos became widely installed in =
saloons, restaurants, hotels, etc., did the term come to refer =
to the
piano itself. </DIV>
<DIV> Pierce lists one Nickelodeon piano company
in Huntsville, Alabama, but no other information. </DIV>
<DIV> --David Nereson,
RPT <BR><BR><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>