Hello List,
There is definately a gold mine in these old free clunkers. If you
look at what people will pay for historical items, (railroad
memoribilia, old farm equipment, cars, etc.), it's amazing! Just look
in Country Magazine and see how people love what's nostalgic, beautiful,
but worthless in a practical sense. Yet some of those old beasts can
exceed the tone of the best uprights available today. Someone should
publish a beautiful colorful magazine called "This Old Piano" or
"Grandmas' Piano" for the general public. There could be historic
feature articles on various piano factories, tuners, and all those
interesting characters that exist(ed) as piano men.
Perhaps I should collect and stash about fifty or sixty old uprights
in my barn until they become worth something. Is anybody doing that?
-Mike Jorgensen RPT
PS- I think we're all too busy making a living to dream about what is
possible.
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