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<DIV><FONT size=4>No, no, no.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Tell them its a No-Name Piano. Very mysterious, very =
rare,
almost unique. Few people have them.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>You could refinish it in white with broad black =
stripes or
solid yellow with black lettering. <EM>A generic =
piano!</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=4><FONT face="Times New =
Roman">The decal should
say:</FONT> <STRONG>PIANO</STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Alan Barnard</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Mike McCoy" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:mjmccoyrpt@earthlink.net"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>mjmccoyrpt@earthlink.net</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: <</FONT><A
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 5:46
PM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: Re: a rose by any other
name...</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT =
face=Arial
size=2>> "Pineway" was great!..... or,<BR>> <BR>> "Woody =
Vertical
Grand"<BR>> <BR>> For Sale: Vertical woody, 45", =
decorative<BR>>
<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Mike McCoy RPT<BR>> Chapters 170 =
&
190 PTG<BR>> Langhorne, Pa<BR>> </FONT><A
href="mailto:mjmccoyrpt@earthlink.net"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>mailto:mjmccoyrpt@earthlink.net</FONT></A><BR><FONT =
face=Arial
size=2>> <BR>> ----- Original Message ----- <BR>> From: =
<</FONT><A
href="mailto:Tvak@AOL.COM"><FONT face=Arial =
size=2>Tvak@AOL.COM</FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial size=2>><BR>> To: <</FONT><A
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial =
size=2>><BR>> Sent:
Saturday, August 10, 2002 10:10 AM<BR>> Subject: a rose by any other
name...<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> > I have obtained an old vertical =
piano, no
serial number, no name on <BR>> > fallboard, plate or =
anywhere. It's
an interesting instrument, about 45" <BR>> > high, 85 keys, with =
some
decorative carving on the case, which appears to be <BR>> > pine =
(!). My
guess is that it predates 1910. (I base this on the style of =
<BR>> >
the case and the rocker capstans.) I plan to recondition the =
piano
(new <BR>> > keytops, new damper felts, refinish the case, and =
regulate)
and re-sell it. <BR>> > <BR>> > First of all, any =
guesses as
to the manufacturer of this piano? I know this <BR>> > is a =
long
shot, but maybe someone has come across a similar piano. (Who =
<BR>>
> would make a case out of pine?)<BR>> > <BR>> > Assuming =
the
above question is unanswerable...<BR>> > <BR>> > I'm afraid =
it will
be difficult to sell a piano with no name. ("What kind of <BR>> =
>
piano is it?" "Well, I don't really know.") Would it be too =
disreputable,
or <BR>> > deceptive, to slap a decal on the fallboard? =
(Kind of a
homemade stencil <BR>> > piano.) Maybe I could call it a =
"Pineway"!
(Spelled Peinway, of course.) <BR>> > Seriously, I'm thinking more =
along
the lines of "Jacob & Sons", or something <BR>> > venerable =
like
that.<BR>> > <BR>> > What do you think? Is this =
out of
line?<BR>> > <BR>> > Respectful of the collective moral =
attitude of
the members of this list, <BR>> > <BR>> > Tom =
Sivak<BR>>
> <BR>> </FONT></BODY></HTML>