We had them in Oz too. A fine fine fine bit of junk if ever there was some. They were made in Ireland by a Dutch company. The factory was at the airport so they could make a quick getaway. All the parts fell to pieces and were unfixable. David Lawson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joel A. Jones" <jajones2 at wisc.edu> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 1:41 PM Subject: Re: should I repair, replace, retreat,or recommend a recking ball on Thomas vertical? > Mark, > > I'll be watching the Southern border of Madison. No room > for any more interesting nonstandard pianos in this part of > Wisconsin. > > I know - there is a Chapter program in this mess somewhere. > As Chairman of that committee what an easy program for > you. > > Joel > Joel Jones, RPT > Madison, WIl > On Jul 25, 2006, at 10:15 PM, Barbara Richmond wrote: > > > There is no future for the piano. There was one in my area, that got > > sold > > to someone else <after> I had condemned it. Then I got <another> call > > from the people who bought it from them... > > > > Sort of makes one wonder about some folks' ethics. > > > > Who knows, maybe the very same piano made its way up there to > > Wisconsin. > > I wonder how many miles north it traveled with each sale? :-) > > > > No, actually the one I saw had keys breaking at a pivot where a > > balance pin > > should have been. Can't really remember what the connection was > > like--all I > > recall was it was <different>. > > > > Barbara Richmond, RPT > > near Peoria, Illinois > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Ultsch" <multsch at jvlnet.com> > > To: "pianotech" <pianotech at ptg.org> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 10:56 AM > > Subject: should I repair, replace, retreat,or recommend a recking ball > > on > > Thomas vertical? > > > > > >> hi folks, > >> > >> I've run across an "interesting" non-standard piano with an > >> uninteresting problem. > >> > >> It is a Thomas model PT vertical. Serial no. 041384. The nameplate > >> lists the manufacturer as Thomas Organ of Sepulveda California. > >> Pierce atlas lists only Thomas Piano (not Thomas Organ) as being from > >> Sepulveda. So, how old is this, anyway? > >> > > > > >
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