Baldwin 6000 in jail

[Clyde Hollinger]

To Rob and anyone else who can benefit:

We need to use care when editing posts.  Actually, Lance didn't write
that paragraph; I did.

Clyde Hollinger

Robert Goodale wrote:
> 
> Lance Lafargue wrote:
> 
> > I was surprised to find an instrument of this quality in a prison, but it had
> >
> > been sadly neglected -- 60-160 cents flat, all the casters gone and two
> > broken bass strings (one was missing).  I didn't feel threatened being
> > there but was glad nevertheless to be constantly under the watchful eye
> > of a guard (a very nice guy, really) except when I sent him off for a
> > tool or some glue!
> >
> 
> You can almost bet that the missing casters and the bass string ended up in the
> cell of some inmate named "Bubba".  They are probably major components of a
> distillery by now.
> 
> When I lived in the mid-west the warden of a local prison payed me a visit
> looking for a cheep piano for the big house. I fix up an 80 year old cable
> upright for him. A couple of weeks later he, a couple of inmates, and a mean
> looking guard with a shot gun drove up in a flatbed truck and hauled it away.
> It was in reasonable condition and he was happy. Something to play "Jail House
> Rock" on I guess.
> 
> Rob Goodale, RPT