A Reno, Nevada, piano tuner has a 1923 Cable Recordo piano he wants
to sell.  The piano has been in the Reno area since it was new, and
the tuner bought it from the children of the original owners.  It is
in excellent original condition, except for minor alligatoring on the
mahogany finish, original hammers, tuning pins are tight, no cracks
in the sounding board or loose ribs, etc.  The strings are original,
and sound remarkably good, having minor tubbiness in the bass.

The tuner says the player has never been worked on, except for the
note pneumatics, which were recovered with some sort of white plastic
which has deteriorated badly in the mid section.  The other notes
still play.  The rest of the pneumatics and bellows are still pretty
flexible, surprising for an 81-year-old piano.

The expression has been disconnected, but is all there.  It is
a pedal/electric B Recordo (the 5-step system), which is what most
of the Recordo rolls in existence are.  The only modification, which
is reversible, is the addition of 44 organ valves tee'd into the
midsection tracker tubes so he could play it from his organ.

For someone who wants a Recordo piano, he'd look a long time before
finding a better one.  Contact me for more information, or the fellow's
phone number.

Bob Billings
toadhall@sprynet.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]
tel.: 1-775-853-4659