Space for Player Piano
By Charles Kossman
Hello All -- I have been reading with pleasure and interest all the stuff on here about (what I call them) "Player Pianos." I would really like to get one some day but space limits me. (My wife Shirley also limits me even more than the space does.)
I mainly collect, or try anyway to collect, disk and cylinder music boxes. I even have a few down here in Florida. We live in Montreal but we come down to Highland Beach, Florida, for about four months every year in order to get away from our cold, miserable weather. Besides that, I don't ski any more. I'd rather frolic in the warm Atlantic Ocean.
My reason for sending this is: Are there any collectors or users or whatever you all call yourselves in this area, who are not more than 15 or 20 miles away from Highland Beach, who might like to show us a player piano or two just so that we will be able to more appreciate the consideration of squeezing one more item into our home in Montreal.
I have seen advertisements occasionally in Montreal newspapers for player pianos but they're usually pretty large and would never fit in without disrupting my music boxes (located around the house). Do player pianos or reproducing pianos come in small sizes too? I also think that an electrified one would be best to even consider. (Or is it better to pump them?)
We will be at the East Coast chapter meeting in Deland, Florida, in February. We were at the big meeting in Chicago in August/September and I managed to get three music boxes at that great fun auction. I nearly got what I call a Monkey Organ but missed out because I couldn't or wouldn't meet the reserve price. I'll just have to keep on looking. Anyway, that's it for now. Regards to all,
Charles H Kossman, Tel. No. 561-391-3555
4740 South Ocean Blvd., Apt. 810, Fax. No. 561-391-3556
Highland Beach, Florida, CompuServe 74164,51
33487 - 5375, U S A. INTERNET:74164.51@compuserve.com
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