Got a look at a big ol' upright beater today. Plate says "Made in USA," fallboard says "Symphonic." (Pierce doesn't have this name; maybe it's a stencil...) Anyway, it hadn't been tuned in at least 10 years--the typical, seldom-used, rural church rec room piano. Amazingly, it was in not-so-bad tune. So I'm thinking the pin block must be not-so-bad either. "Sorry, Wrong. But thanks for playing and, as a consolation, here's a copy of the home version of our game." Block is very weak. Here's the fun part: There is a tuning signature on the plate, name of Lehrman, with several tuning dates in the 1930's. And next to his name, in the same penciled handwriting is this note: "Easy on test blow" Alan Barnard Always something interesting in Salem, MO
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