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<DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A
href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DI=
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=avery@ev1.net href="mailto:avery@ev1.net">Avery Todd</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> Sunday, January 09, 2005 =
4:36
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: University Piano =
Sales RE:
Weird Spinet</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Alan, <BR><BR>Do you really expect us to believe that =
ANY
dealer would sell ANY Steinway for that kind of price???????? No =
matter what
condition it was in???? :-) Somehow, I seriously doubt it! I wish I =
could find
a dealer that stupid! <BR><BR>Avery Todd<BR><BR>At 01:38 PM 1/9/05, =
you
wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT =
face=arial>Frank Hennessey,
whom many of you know well, tells an interesting story about a =
customer of
his who bought a Steinway grand (M, I think) for $250 at a =
university sale.
She called to ask him if he thought it would be a good deal since =
the piano
was "kind of beat up." He told her, of course, that he'd be happy to =
buy it
if she didn't!<BR></FONT> <BR><FONT face=arial>Ya never
know.<BR></FONT> <BR><FONT face=arial>Well, sometimes ya know =
and ya
still make dumb choices. What's up with THAT? =
<BR></FONT> <BR><FONT
face=arial size=2>Alan R. Barnard<BR>Salem, MO<BR></FONT>
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<DD><FONT face=tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR>
<DD>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [<A
href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org" eudora="autourl">
mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A>] On Behalf Of </B>Joe =
Garrett<BR>
<DD>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 09, 2005 12:48 PM<BR>
<DD>To:</B> pianotech<BR>
<DD>Subject:</B> Weird Spinet<BR><BR></FONT>
<DD><FONT face=arial size=2>Friday, I had the dubious honor of =
"tuning" a
1939 "Musette". Sheesh! It was parallel stung w/a single =
bridge/giant
hockey stick, (you could hit the puck from anywhere on the ice!). =
More
bi-chord wound stings than I wanted to count! Harmonics----nothing =
matched! Real fun, to say the least. The poor owner had bought it =
at a
"University Sale", for $2,000! (Gawd, I hate those sales!...even =
more
now!) The odd thing was that the piano was constructed very well. =
Nice
Ivory, action was nice, throughout. Played nice, just sounded like =
crap!
The whole thing closed up like a square grand. I hope this was the =
only
one ever made, so that none of you have to try and work on =
anything like
it. BTW, it had a grand lyre, w/only two functioning pedals, (the =
middle
rod was attached to a spring on the underside of the keybed. =
Lovely!
:-(</FONT><BR>
<DD><FONT face=arial size=2>I usually relish working on the =
weird, but not
this one!<BR>
<DD>Regards,<BR>
<DD>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>
<DD>Captain, Tool Police<BR>
<DD>Squares R I<BR></FONT><BR>
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