SOME COMMON WIVES TALES

[paul bruesch]

24. (Piano teacher speaking) Well she got it from Bob and he's a good player
so I thought it would be a good piano (and well worth $100... about a spinet
with at least two dozen hammers with the felt peeling/peeled off and
otherwise not even really qualifying as a PSO)

On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu>
wrote:

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> 21.  I think somebody replaced the "pads" once
> 22.  It was totally rebuilt (meaning...maybe new bass strings and/or
> hammers)
> 23,  If the soundboard has a crack in it, then it's worthless.
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>  *"Rob & Helen Goodale" <rhgoodale at embarqmail.com>*
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> 07/01/2008 12:45 PM
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>   Subject
> SOME COMMON WIVES TALES
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> Here are a few common or reported piano wives tales.  Feel free to add to
> the list if you have more.
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> 1.  Plates are made of solid brass
> 2.  Cases are made of "solid" whatever the veneer happens to be, i.e. "For
> Sale: solid oak piano".
> 3.  Full sized uprights are also called grands.
> 4.  Any old piano MUST be valuable because everyone knows that antiques are
>
> priceless.
> 5.  The piano has had only one owner so therefore it's in good condition.
> 6.  The piano has had four owners so therefore it must be in poor
> condition.
> 7.  The piano used to be owned by the guy who wrote the "Love Boat theme",
> therefore it's more valuable.
> 8.  If the keys have real ivory it must be a good piano.
> 9.  "The salesman told me it's the same brand that Elvis owned so I know
> its
> a good piano."
> 10.  "They just don't make good pianos anymore".
> 11.  "It was in tune when I bought it but then it went out.  There must be
> something wrong with it."
> 12.  "I keep a jar of water under it so that it will stay in tune longer."
> 13.  "I keep a jar of baking soda inside so that the sound board won't
> crack."
> 14.  "I have PERFECT PITCH so I know that this piano isn't tuned right."
> 15.  "I always have the piano tuned flat so that it will last longer".
> 16.  "I know it isn't a big deal to fix it, I read about it on the
> internet".
> 17.  If you restring a piano it will never sound as good as it did when it
> was new.
> 18.  "My piano has gotten used to the way I play it".
> 19.  "This is the same piano my music teacher owns so I know its a great
> piano."
> 20.  "It's not played very much so it never goes out of tune".
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