I am seeking information concerning the practice of peddling pianos off wagons in remote areas of the Pacific Northwest during the last century. Any information or leads that you or your associates could give me would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Mark E. Danielson Bellingham, WA mdaniel@nas.com end forwarded mail --------------------------- ---------- Ron Berry, RPT, Indianapolis, IN mailto:ronberry@iquest.net check out the Piano Page at: http://www.prairienet.org/arts/ptg/ for great information about Pianos ---------------------MY REPLY--------------------- I suggest you contact dealers. When I started work in this business #005#in the late 60's, the salespeople that were the "old-timers" used to talk about peddling pianos off the back of trucks in rural areas. All sorts of shams were used to get pianos in houses like "I just repossessed this piano and don't want to take it back to the store" or "Gees, this piano was put on the truck for someone that lives in another town and...". The classic scenario as related to me by a rather aggressive salesperson involved taking a piano out on a pick-up truck on a day when it looked like rain. The salesperson would get to a town and then knock on doors, saying that he couldn't find the customer that ordered the piano but wondered if he could leave it in their house until he did (remember, it looked like rain). Of course, the salesperson knew that once the piano was in the house, it probably never would leave. Just sign on the dotted line! Ken Sloane, Oberlin Conservatory
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