John Lennon's Steinway

[Barrie Heaton]

It's possibly  Sir Paul McCartney buying it  for the   museum in 
Liverpool. That was the educated guess on the Local news tonight.

Barrie,


In article <39EDC77B.6A044B2E@nevada.edu>, Robert goodale 
<rrg@nevada.edu> writes
>I wonder who the lucky one will be who gets to tune it ;-)
>
>Anyone on this list know anything directly about this piano?  Has anyone here
>worked on it?  Someone's gotta know someone who is familiar with it.
>
>Rob Goodale, RPT
>Las Vegas, NV
>
>
>John Musselwhite wrote:
>
>> Hi Folks.
>>
>> I was just watching the news and saw that John Lennon's Steinway "Z"
>> vertical he bought in 1970 for about $1,000 pounds and on which he
>composed
>> "Imagine" sold at auction today to an anonymous buyer for 1.5 million
>> pounds ($2,080,000 USD or a cool $3 million CDN)!
>>
>> See http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20001017/re/britain_lennon_dc_8.html
>>
>> Let's hope it remains on display in a museum rather than sitting in Michael
>> Jackson's (for example only) living room!
>>
>> Does anyone know anything about this model? I've seen a "V" (lovely
>> piano!), but never a "Z". Is it properly called a "Zed" or a "Zee"?
>>
>> It looked like a continental-style 1098... but at two million bucks perish
>> the thought!
>>
>>                                 John
>> John Musselwhite, RPT    -     Calgary, Alberta Canada
>> http://www.musselwhite.com  http://canadianpianopage.com/calgary
>> email: john@musselwhite.com    http://www.mp3.com/fatbottom
>
>

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