Alan, Thanks for the laugh, does this lady live next door to peter pan? Kevin Way Joplin, Missouri Alan wrote: > Re: The self-tuning Acrosonics > > I sent the eBay lady an eMail. This is my eMessage and what she eSent > back. > > /"I'm sorry, but you are either seriously missinformed or trying to > fool someone, either way you are misrepresenting your piano. It may be > keeping people from bidding. If that piano hasn't been tuned in 25 > years, it is hideosly, horribly, revoltingly out of tune. There is no > such thing as a self tuning piano. You may like how it sounds (?) but > it is NOT in tune. Actually, Acrosonics do have a reputation for > holding their tune well and in California, which doesn't experience > the wide humidity swings of the South or Midwest, you can probably get > by with one tuning a year. But NO piano sounds good after 25 years. > I'm a professional piano technician and member of the Piano > Technicians Guild. Your ad is all "achatter" on our tech website. We > think it's pretty funny, actually. Thought you'd like to know. Alan > Barnard" > > />>> You are welcome to meet me to try it out for yourself. We bought > the piano in Chicago (wide temp. & humidity fluctuations) and moved > out here with it 3 years ago. I am telling you the truth. It may not > match the pitch on an electronic keyboard, but from one note to the > next, it is in tune! Do re me, etc. I was at the storage facility not > 2 months ago & I played it! I would love to prove it to you! Are you > near San Diego? > Someone out there pleeeeaaaase go see this miracle piano and report > back to us. > > Alan R. Barnard > Salem, MO > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* pianotech-bounces@ptg.org > [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] *On Behalf Of *Tvak@aol.com > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 13, 2005 3:54 PM > *To:* pianotech@ptg.org > *Subject:* look at eBay for a good laugh > > List > > Entitled LOVELY BALDWIN SELF TUNING PIANO, (Item number: > 7313688832) this item is presently for sale in eBay. No one has > bid on it yet! I think some of my clients must have this same > model, because they call me once and then I don't hear from them > again for 5 years or more. > > Below is the description of the item, taken from the eBay listing > itself. > > Tom Sivak > Chicago Chapter PTG Associate > > ************************************************************************************************************************ > > This lovely Baldwin acrosonic piano has been in my family for 25 > years. We bought it new. It somehow self-adjusts so that the notes > remain in tune relative to each other, but compared to the same > note on an electronic keyboard, or pitch fork, it will probably be > off. It could use a professional tuning after 25 years. We never > tuned it!! Even after moving with me from Chicago (large > temperature & humidity fluctuations) and sitting in a > (climate-controlled) storage facility for two years, it's it tune! > > ** A piano technician has informed me that there is no such thing > as a "self-tuning" piano. I, however, stand by my convictions > that THIS piano has remained in tune (one note in relation to the > next) for the time that we've owned it. If a buyer is expecting > to tune a piano once or twice a year ($80-150 each time), they > will be pleasantly surprised by the lack of maintenance required > for this particular piano. I cannot vouch for other owners of > Acrosonic models. *** > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.7 - Release Date: 04/12/2005 > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.7 - Release Date: 04/12/2005 >
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