Bambino's piano

[Farrell]

Why are they looking for a box? Hasn't anyone clued them in on the fact that the piano was likely glued together with water-soluble hide glue? They should be looking for a cast iron plate and maybe a pile of sticks (if any are left). What goof-balls.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J Patrick Draine" <draine@attbi.com>
To: "Open Technicians" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 8:16 AM
Subject: Bambino's piano


> It's not April 1st anymore, but the story persists. Page B3 of today's 
> Boston Globe, "Specialist probes pond for Ruth piano." John Fish, 
> expert in finding black boxes underwater, is on a mission, trolling 
> Willis Pond (Sudbury, MA) with a load of electronic gadgetry on his 
> Boston Whaler, looking for the out of tune piano that Babe Ruth was 
> reported to have "pitched" out of his cottage into the pond.
> Good grief!
> 
> Patrick Draine
> 
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