University Piano Sales RE: Weird Spinet

Alan tune4u@earthlink.net
Sun, 9 Jan 2005 20:02:08 -0600


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Okay, let's start again.=20
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NOT a dealer, a UNIVERSITY.
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Such a deal would be pretty incredible (and a nice thing to happen to =
any of
us) but that's why I mentioned it!
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I told the story as it was related to me by Frank Hennessey--tuner since
1957, PTG member for many years, retailer for 30+ years / topnotch =
rebuilder
/ outstanding piano tech and voicer from Columbia, MO. If you find it
incredible, take the issue up with him, okay?
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But Frank is a nice guy; honest, I believe, and not prone to making up
tales. Inquire of him, if you care too. But please, Avery, don't jump =
down
his throat like you did mine. Your post seemed a wee bit accusatory and
kinda snotty. (Hope that was not your intent) You did put a smiley face
after the rant so I'll just chalk it up to a momentary bit of internet
highway road rage and think nice thoughts about you and all of my
colleagues.
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Alan R. Barnard
Salem, MO

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From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On =
Behalf
Of Avery Todd
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 5:36 PM
To: Pianotech
Subject: Re: University Piano Sales RE: Weird Spinet


Alan,=20

Do you really expect us to believe that ANY dealer would sell ANY =
Steinway
for that kind of price???????? No matter what condition it was in???? =
:-)
Somehow, I seriously doubt it! I wish I could find a dealer that stupid! =


Avery Todd

At 01:38 PM 1/9/05, you wrote:


Frank Hennessey, whom many of you know well, tells an interesting story
about a customer of his who bought a Steinway grand (M, I think) for =
$250 at
a university sale. She called to ask him if he thought it would be a =
good
deal since the piano was "kind of beat up." He told her, of course, that
he'd be happy to buy it if she didn't!
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Ya never know.
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Well, sometimes ya know and ya still make dumb choices. What's up with =
THAT?

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Alan R. Barnard
Salem, MO


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From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [HYPERLINK
"mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org" mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
Behalf Of Joe Garrett


Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 12:48 PM


To: pianotech


Subject: Weird Spinet



Friday, I had the dubious honor of "tuning" a 1939 "Musette". Sheesh! It =
was
parallel stung w/a single bridge/giant hockey stick, (you could hit the =
puck
from anywhere on the ice!). More bi-chord wound stings than I wanted to
count! Harmonics----nothing matched! Real fun, to say the least. The =
poor
owner had bought it at a "University Sale", for $2,000! (Gawd, I hate =
those
sales!...even more now!) The odd thing was that the piano was =
constructed
very well. Nice Ivory, action was nice, throughout. Played nice, just
sounded like crap! The whole thing closed up like a square grand. I hope
this was the only one ever made, so that none of you have to try and =
work on
anything like it. BTW, it had a grand lyre, w/only two functioning =
pedals,
(the middle rod was attached to a spring on the underside of the keybed.
Lovely! :-(


I usually relish working on the weird, but not this one!


Regards,


Joe Garrett, R.P.T.


Captain, Tool Police


Squares R I



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