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<DIV><SPAN class=473422003-14042005><FONT face=Arial>Re: The =
self-tuning
Acrosonics</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=473422003-14042005><FONT face=Arial>I sent the eBay =
lady an
eMail. This is my eMessage and what she eSent back.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=473422003-14042005><FONT size=2><FONT =
face=Arial><EM>"I'm
sorry, but you are either seriously missinformed or trying to fool =
someone,
either way you are misrepresenting your piano. It may be keeping people =
from
bidding. If that piano hasn't been tuned in 25 years, it is hideosly, =
horribly,
revoltingly out of tune. There is no such thing as a self tuning piano. =
You may
like how it sounds (?) but it is NOT in tune. Actually, Acrosonics do =
have a
reputation for holding their tune well and in California, which doesn't
experience the wide humidity swings of the South or Midwest, you can =
probably
get by with one tuning a year. But NO piano sounds good after 25 years. =
I'm a
professional piano technician and member of the Piano Technicians Guild. =
Your ad
is all "achatter" on our tech website. We think it's pretty funny, =
actually.
Thought you'd like to know. Alan Barnard"<BR><BR></EM>>>> You =
are
welcome to meet me to try it out for yourself. We bought the piano in =
Chicago
(wide temp. & humidity fluctuations) and moved out here with it 3 =
years ago.
I am telling you the truth. It may not match the pitch on an electronic
keyboard, but from one note to the next, it is in tune! Do re me, etc. I =
was at
the storage facility not 2 months ago & I played it! I would love to =
prove
it to you! Are you near San Diego?</FONT></FONT><BR></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=473422003-14042005><FONT face=Arial>Someone out =
there
pleeeeaaaase go see this miracle piano and report back to
us.</FONT></DIV></SPAN>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan R. =
Barnard</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV>
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align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On =
Behalf Of
</B>Tvak@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 13, 2005 3:54
PM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> look at eBay for =
a good
laugh<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT =
face=Arial size=2
FAMILY="SANSSERIF">List<BR><BR>Entitled LOVELY BALDWIN SELF TUNING =
PIANO,
</FONT><FONT face=Geneva size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">(Item number: =
7313688832)
</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">this item is =
presently for
sale in eBay. No one has bid on it yet! I think some of my =
clients
must have this same model, because they call me once and then I don't =
hear
from them again for 5 years or more.<BR><BR>Below is the description =
of the
item, taken from the eBay listing itself.<BR><BR>Tom Sivak<BR>Chicago =
Chapter
PTG
=
Associate<BR><BR>********************************************************=
****************************************************************<BR><BR>T=
his
lovely Baldwin acrosonic piano has been in my family for 25 years. We =
bought
it new. It somehow self-adjusts so that the notes remain in tune =
relative to
each other, but compared to the same note on an electronic keyboard, =
or pitch
fork, it will probably be off. It could use a professional tuning =
after 25
years. We never tuned it!! Even after moving with me from Chicago =
(large
temperature & humidity fluctuations) and sitting in a =
(climate-controlled)
storage facility for two years, it's it tune! <BR><BR>** A piano
technician has informed me that there is no such thing as a =
"self-tuning"
piano. I, however, stand by my convictions that THIS piano has =
remained
in tune (one note in relation to the next) for the time that =
we've owned
it. If a buyer is expecting to tune a piano once or twice a year =
($80-150 each time), they will be pleasantly surprised by the lack of
maintenance required for this particular piano. I cannot vouch =
for other
owners of Acrosonic models. ***<BR></FONT><FONT =
face=Geneva size=2
FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></FONT><BR>
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