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Salvaging Sunken Pianos
By Stephen Kent Goodman

Joyce Brite wrote:
> Not knowing what else to do, they dumped all of
> these brand-new player pianos in Lake Michigan.

Lake Michigan has yielded maritime archaeological treasures that, due to
the extremely cold temperatures and the fact it is fresh water, have been
remarkably well-preserved.  Maybe we should form a rescue salvage dive
team to not only rescue these deep-sixed depression darlings,  but
also to explore the murky waters around the loading docks for missing
Operator's Co. products (and maybe the missing Operators themselves!).
I can just see it -- a Cousteauesque romp through the darkened waters
of Chicago's mysterious Lake Michigan for sunken automatic musical
instruments!

(My apologies to Geraldo Rivera for "scooping" him on this one!) ...
Didn't a Dienst orchestrion go down with the Titanic,  or was it the
Lusitania?

Saturatedly,

S. K. Goodman


(Message sent Thu 24 Apr 1997, 15:58:08 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

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