Info on 1890 Ivers and Ponds piano

[Greg Newell]

Loved it Carl ... Loved it!!!

Greg Newell


At 07:37 PM 5/17/2002, you wrote:

>Now Mary Beth, don't let a group of washed out stool pigeons intimidate you.
>
>Now, I'm a part of a group within a group that can give you much better 
>protection than the federal government even claims to.  We know who these 
>guys are.  We've kept tabs on them for some time.  Every time they screw 
>up a piano, we're there to nail them.
>
>Now here's our offer.  If they threaten you, we'll provide you 
>protection.  Compared to the federal government, we're happy with 10 % and 
>we do provide a service.  Due to secrecy requirements you must contact us 
>in secret.  It's so secret that even I don't know to contact 
>myself.  Sleep good tonight.  Your in good hands with us.  We're called 
>Associates.
>
>Carl Meyer  Assoc. PTG
>Santa Clara, California
>cmpiano@attbi.com
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tom Driscoll" <tomtuner@attbi.com>
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 5:31 AM
>Subject: RE: Info on 1890 Ivers and Ponds piano
>
>
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org] On Behalf
> > Of Mary Beth Fielder
> > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 10:16 PM
> > To: Mary Beth Fielder
> > Subject: Info on 1890 Ivers and Ponds piano
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > I got your name off the pianotech digest chat group.  My mother recently
> > gave me the 1890 Ivers and Ponds carved upright piano (it's a beauty)
> > which
> > we had in our basement growing up.  She bought it from an old lady in
> > our
> > Pennsylvania neighborhood in the 1970's for $75.  My problem is it
> > doesn't
> > have a piano stool or bench.  I wanted to know what would be authentic
> > to
> > the period and I was wondering if you might know or if you might know
> > someone who would.
> >
> >   Also, is there some kind of book that has photos of old Ivers and
> > Ponds
> > pianos so I could get a sense of the piano's history and value.  When we
> > moved the piano into our house, we found the serial number inside and
> > the
> > piano mover looked it up.  It was from the first five years they
> > manufactured pianos - 1890-1895.
> >
> > Thanks for reading this and helping me if possible.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Mary Beth Fielder
> > Los Angeles.
> >
> > Mary Beth,
> > Im sorry to have to tell you this, but you have actually reached
> > a group of   men and women posing as piano technicians, we are all
> > actually in the federal governments witness protection program.
> > I'm really Tommy "gunner" Driscoll. There is Newton "the
> > rifleman" Hunt, Ron "Shifty" Nossaman, Jack "terminator" Wyatt, Joe "the
> > Judge "Garrett. And of course "Don" Fandrich. On behalf of our little
> > fraternal group let me make you an offer you can't refuse. LEAVE US
> > ALONE!
> >

Greg Newell
mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net