Oh Boy!! This brings back memories. I saw a upright that had the back part of the soundboard painted brown (to cover up all the cracks), the plate-pins & strings all painted gold, and, to top it all it had new keytops made of arborite (counter-top material) which was not white, but had the gold sparkles. It made me laugh since I just could'nt imagine all the work to file these. Marcel Carey, RPT Sherbrooke, QC > -----Message d'origine----- > De : pianotech-bounces at ptg.org > [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] De la part de Paul Mulik > Envoyé : 28 avril 2006 13:02 > À : piano > Objet : The piano that betrayed Goldfinger > > > Hello list, > > I went to tune an old Cable grand today at a little country > church. The pastor had told me over the phone the day before > that a ballpoint pen had recently fallen down into the > action, and asked if I could remove it while I was there. > > When I pulled out the action, I was surprised to see that it > had been covered in paint -- GOLD paint. Someone had > obviously re-whatevered the action at some point, and decided > to put a finishing touch on the job by spray-painting the > entire action, keys and all (except for the hammers, which > appeared to be original, and the new keytops). I wonder what > would possess anyone to do such a thing? > > Paul Mulik > >
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