Oh!!! TOO Bad!!!! I just flew home from San Diego last night. I wish I had seen this email before I left. I would have LOVED to see this magic piano!!!! Hahahahah. I'm rolling on the floor as I type!!! If I had only checked my email!!! Aart On Apr 15, 2005, at 4:20 PM, Kevin Way wrote: > 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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