Does it say PSO on the side of there trucks? (or POS).. heehee At least it will be Lots of Work for the tuner/techs in that area!.. Look at the bright side. (ok.. it's not to bright);-) Scott Gray RSG Piano Service <http://www.sunlitedreams.com/Piano/index.html> BF2 On 11/11/2010 2:06 PM, Terry Farrell wrote: > Don't laugh. You should see what they do at the local university piano > sale each year. A local dealer makes an agreement with the university > - my understanding is that they give a percent of the sales to the > school for letting them use the floor space. Then this local dealer > (they sell pianos built in NY) trucks over all the pianos they've had > trouble selling, AND oodles of other dealers (that sell this same > brand of piano made in NY) all around the country (or at least the > southeast, midwest and northeast) ship their > been-sittin'-on-the-showroom-floor-too-many-years pie-anners down to > the local university. Well, I shouldn't say they "ship" them exactly - > that sounds too professional - actually they load them onto semi > trailers and truck them down to Tampa - and so as not to be late for > the show, they get here a week early where they sit in the trailer for > the better part of a week. Oh, and did I mention that this annual sale > is conducted in July? In Tampa, Florida? 95-degree, sunny most of the > day with thunderstorms and tons of rain in the late afternoon Tampa? > Sitting in the trailer in the HOT Florida sun in July high-humidity > Tampa? > > What are these jokers thinking? > > Terry Farrell > > On Nov 10, 2010, at 10:34 PM, Tom Driscoll wrote: > >> *Subject:*Re: [pianotech] green piano with bass bridge problem >> >> When I was at WITCC, ('77/'78) there was a truckload sale of >> "Grand" pianos at a local hotel. >> I think the "grand" moniker came from the price tag... >> >> Conrad Hoffsommer >> >> Conrad, >> I saw the same sales model in Florida in the 1970's. They would >> show up in small towns at the local shopping center with a >> tractor trailer full of these things ,a big tent ,some smaller >> delivery trucks and advertise on the local radio station. >> A third party financing company approved credit on the spot and >> later that day you had a brand new piano with a moth proofed >> action , a genuine luan mahogany sounding panel and real copper >> bass strings for around $900.00. >> Here in Massachusetts I see a few each year that surprisingly >> have yet to fall apart. Typically however the back assembly >> fails with the top of the posts warping along with glue joint >> failures galore and >> the legs tend to fall off if you stare at them for more than a >> few minutes. >> If I remember the parent company was Marantz or Kincaid. These >> things made the worst of the Aeolian's look good! >> Tom D. >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101111/4137b307/attachment.htm>
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