I have a client with a Wurli butterfly in walnut. I would think they all were walnut. Neat appearance but not a good piano tone wise or how it plays. The back of the piano is pretty round. Cute, but not a serious piano. Back from the Art Deco days. Jim James Grebe Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups (314) 608-4137 WWW.JamesGrebe.com 1526 Raspberry Lane Arnold, MO 63010 BECOME WHAT YOU BELIEVE! pianoman@accessus.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 12:15 PM Subject: baby grand butterfly > Friends, > > Over the weekend, I got the following email: > >>At 15:19 11/20/2004 -0500, you wrote: > Hi. Read your note on the baby grand butterfly, can you give me any > information at all about pricing or history, is it a full piano? Just > picked one up at an auction. Thanks. > > I replied: > >>I see I've been googled. Other people on the thread where you found my >>name are far more knowledgable than I re:butterflies, be they musical or >>lepidopteral. >> >> >>Just a wild guess, but did you buy this sight unseen? When it is >>delivered you will see for yourself vis-a-vis full piano. > <snip> >>I would need a lot more information to start to answer your other >>questions. > > > I figured that would determine how serious the inquiry was. > > I did get a reply: > >>Hi Again, I do have more info on the piano. It is a full 88 keys, was >>told by the auctioneer that it was from the 30's. It is a Wurlitzer >>Butterfly leaf baby grand. Just had it moved to my home. It is very unique >>looking. I'm from Chattanooga, he said it came from Nashville, do you know >>if they were popular among country singers? He said it came from a known >>singers home. If you have any info I'd appreciate it. Thanks:) > > > I imagine that Jack Wyatt would be a good person for her to contact, but I > don't have his email address nearby. > > Anybody want to jump in and I'll forward responses? > > Thanks! > > > > > Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician > Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 > Vox-(563)-387-1204 // Fax (563)-387-1076 > > -The only substitute for bad manners is good reflexes. > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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