Junk Pianos - Sad Shopping Story

[Alan]

I've had TWO incidences where I've been called out AFTER they have gone
to considerable expense and time spent on refinishing the piano--only to
find that the guts are totally shot, strings rusted, etc. One case was
particularly heartbreaking because it was a truly beautiful Victorian
(American, not overdamper). I'd like to have rebuilt it, but no way Jose
for them. The other was also a beauty: a magnificent 1904 Crown 4-pedal
upright. Sigh.

Alan R. Barnard
Salem, MO


-----Original Message-----
From: Conrad Hoffsommer [mailto:hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 7:15 AM
To: Pianotech
Subject: Re: Junk Pianos - Sad Shopping Story


At 07:46 4/8/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>Or how 'bout "we just moved in and the former owners left this 
>piano....."
>
>:-(
>
>Terry Farrell



Dat zaklee how my Brambach flower garden got started...
;-}}}


Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT, MPT, CCT, PFP, ACS, CRS.
Decorah, IA

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