> To: john@player-care.com
> From: kzcrew@earthlink.net (Laura Koch)(fwd)
> Date: 01/15/2000 10:18 PM -0500
>
> I am the production property supervisor for the Broadway revival of
> The Music Man.  I need a player piano for the show and, because this
> piano will be appearing in a Musical, in addition to it's regular
> duties it must also be danceable.  This will mean a lightweight
> player piano with working keys and music roll, easy to move about the
> stage (for piano dances) and sturdy (actors will dance on the piano).
> Are you the source I should be looking for?  Please advise.
> Thank you.  Laura Koch

Hi Laura, NO!  Frankly, I cringe at the thought of someone dancing
on a piano, any piano!  But I'll forward your request to the Mechanical
Music Digest.  Maybe one of their members has a working player they
wouldn't mind parting with for a reasonable price.

To my knowledge, the only upright players that are 'lightweight' were
made after the late 1950's.  The vast majority of circa 1920's players
are full size uprights that weigh in excess of 800 pounds, or player
grands, and they are fairly expensive by comparison to uprights.

Musically,

John A. Tuttle