I found the following on rec.music.makers.piano on the Internet newsfeed. I
thought it was worth passing on for a laugh. I've taken the liberty of
editing it down to the pertinant parts.

Jim Cook¶
Hopkinton, Mass.

------ Forwarded Article <461ras$6nu@buffnet2.buffnet.net>¶
------ From lessmith@buffnet.net (Les Smith)

NICKK3 (nickk3@aol.com) wrote:¶
...¶
: My question is would a 1922 Lindeman 5'1" Grand be "definitely junk",¶
: "posibbly OK" and worth a look by a Good (paid) Technician,  or "a great¶
: find".  If I don't find a place for it it gets trashed or given away,  as¶
: my sisters aren't interested for various reasons.¶
:                    Nick

While I don't think anyone would classify a 1922 Lindeman grand as a
"great find" neither would I classify it as a "piece of junk". The older
Lindeman grands, even after ownership of the company passed to the American
Piano Co., were decent instruments. ...

One of my favorite Lindemen stories actually happened to me. About ten
years ago I had a call from a lady who had just bought a "beautiful" used
Steinway grand in "perfect" condition; all it needed, she said, was a
good tuning. When I went out to tune it, I immediately noticed two things
from across the room: one, the pedal lyre was definitely not Steinway, and
two, the decal on the fallboard that said Steinway was not level. When I
lifted the lid of the piano and we looked inside, the name on the plate
was-- you guessed it--Lindeman! I thought the lady was going to have a heart
attack on the spot, she actually thought that she had bought a Steinway!
I never heard from her again. I've always wondered whether she returned
the piano to the seller, or whether she kept it and to this days tells
people: "Oh yes, that's a Steinway. You know, they don't build them like
that anymore"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Les Smith

------ End of Forwarded Article

 [ Editor's Note:
 [    This is the second time that I know of where an article that
 [ one of our subscribers posted to another group was noticed by
 [ another subscriber and forwarded here because it was interesting
 [ to the reader.  I found this story amuzing, and am taking the
 [ liberty to allow the reposting even though Les didn't send it
 [ directly to us.  Les, I hope you're not offended by this!
 [ Jody