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Restored Ampico Piano Without Player
By John Grant

At the end of MMD 160710 was a link to a Craigslist listing for
a "restored Ampico baby grand piano ... beautifully finished to
a satin black sheen", in Irondequoit, New York:

  http://rochester.craigslist.org/msg/5597290311.html 

Like so many clue-less Craigslist entries, it was impossible to
determine the piano brand or the Ampico model from the useless
photographs and the sketchy information given.  I contacted the
seller through the information available when you click the "Reply"
button in the ad.  He insisted that the piano was _not_ a player,
although it certainly appears to me that there is a drawer under
the keybed.

Is there any evidence that the American Piano Company, in the very
last years of production, would have taken unfinished, double-legged
would-have-been Ampico cases and sold them, sans Ampico systems,
but with "The Ampico" decals clearly displayed on the fallboards?
Or does the seller not know what he has?

John Grant


(Message sent Tue 12 Jul 2016, 21:32:18 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

Key Words in Subject:  Ampico, Piano, Player, Restored, Without

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