All,
I want to give you all a chance to to speak up if you would like Pat Magula / Uncle Rex's old piano. I got it when Pat went on the lamb years back, and since Fr. Beaver so gratiously offered his old piano from Aunt Liz's house, so we now have 2 pianos. The Magula piano is in my garage and needs tuning. I had a guy come out last night and take a look at it, and he said it can be fixed for $300 in hardware and $200 in labor.
It is a decorative piece and was made around the early 1900s. Obviously it is free for any takers in the family. I want to give you all a chance to claim it before it gets posted on Craigslist and in the Giant Nickel. It is heavy as hell, so take that into consideration.
Any volunteers are more than welcome to move it and store it if they don't want it going on the market (probably as FreeSale), I'm totally fine with that. I am advertising this in a public Roach forum because I don't want to hear any complaints down the road if it doesn't end up in Roach possession. I would prefer to keep it in the family, but understand that it is going to take about $500 to get it up to speed. It may be worth much more than that after a tuning, so if someone wants to pick it up as an investment, have at it.
Any interest, shoot me an email or give me a call and we will make arrangements. Hope everyone's doing fine, and see most of you in W^2 on Saturday!
JDR
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Can you ship it L.A.???
I think that was Uncle Ed Roach's piano if it's that old upright... I remember hearing him play ragtime on it. But most of you wouldn't remember him. (Makes me seem about 50 saying stuff like that.) As the story goes, he, at 17, was flying bootleg liquor down from Canada...and ended his working career with the circus. Oh, the stories he could no doubt have told! He took a slightly different path than Dad and Uncle Bill and had more wives than any sane person would ever want to have.
Sounds like I need a more detailed biography of Great Uncle Ed.
Joe, does that thing play Chopstix, as currently configured?
Joe, if it was Ed's, I want it. Will it really clean up for five hundo? if so, I will take it. Its an easy move-- a block away. But Does anyone have any secure history on this thing?
bpr
Brian - Ask Dick or Mom if I have the right piano in mind. I'd hate to have you invest in the wrong one.
Roger that.
Well, never found out the history of it, but Dick and Barb came over a few weeks back to check out my new and improved wood shop, and they said they were interested in it. Yesterday we brought a Tru Door moving van over and it now resides at Dick's house. So the piano stays in the family (and out of my garage). Those interested can check it out on display in Dick's renovated house, construction to begin soon.
JDR
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