<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=windows-1250"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>Okay, let's = start again. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>NOT a dealer, a UNIVERSITY.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Such a deal = would be pretty incredible (and a nice thing to happen to any of us) but that's why I = mentioned it!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I told the = story as it was related to me by Frank Hennessey--tuner since 1957, PTG member for many = years, retailer for 30+ years / topnotch rebuilder / outstanding piano tech and = voicer from Columbia, MO. If you find it incredible, take the issue up with = him, okay?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>But Frank is a = nice guy; honest, I believe, and not prone to making up tales. Inquire of him, if = you care too. But please, Avery, don't jump down his throat like you = did mine. Your post seemed a wee bit accusatory and kinda snotty. (Hope that was not your intent) You did put a smiley face = after the rant so I'll just chalk it up to a momentary bit of internet highway = road rage and think nice thoughts about you and all of my = colleagues.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Alan R. Barnard</DIV> <DIV align=left>Salem, = MO</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr = align=left>-----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On = Behalf Of Avery Todd Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 5:36 = PM To: Pianotech Subject: Re: University Piano Sales RE: Weird Spinet </DIV>Alan, 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! Avery Todd At 01:38 = PM 1/9/05, you wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">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!   Ya never know.   Well, sometimes ya know = and ya still make dumb choices. What's up with THAT? =   Alan R. Barnard Salem, MO <DL> <DD>-----Original Message----- <DD>From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [<A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org" eudora="autourl"> mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A>] On Behalf Of Joe = Garrett <DD>Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 12:48 PM <DD>To: pianotech <DD>Subject: Weird Spinet <DD>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! :-( <DD>I usually relish working on the = weird, but not this one! <DD>Regards, <DD>Joe Garrett, R.P.T. <DD>Captain, Tool Police <DD>Squares R I <DD>-- <DD>No virus found in this incoming message. <DD>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. <DD>Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.9 - Release Date: 01/06/2005 </DD></DL> -- No = virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: = 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.9 - Release Date: = 01/06/2005</BLOCKQUOTE> -- No virus found in this incoming = message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.9 - = Release Date: 01/06/2005 </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.9 - Release Date: = 01/06/2005