... and I am also going to paint the case with Day-Glo Carnival Red
  epoxy paint as the background, and then drip all different colors
  over it to make it look like a Jackson Pollock painting.  His
  paintings sell for a lot of money, so I figure this will make the
  Orchestrelle more valuable as well.

All seriousness aside, I was reminded of an old story that supposedly
is one of Aesop's Fables:

One day, in ancient Greece, a father and his son decide to walk to a
large city to see if they can sell their donkey.  Walking alongside the
animal, all three are happy as a clam, when they encounter some people
traveling the opposite way on the road.  They overhear someone saying
"What fools; did they bring the donkey along for conversation?"

After that, the son gets on the donkey, and the father walks alongside.
Passing another group of people, they overhear, "How cruel; the young
man humiliates the old one by not allowing him to ride".

With that, both of them get on the donkey, and continue on their way.
Passing another group of people, they overhear, "Those bastards; the
poor donkey looks like it is going to collapse under their weight"

Now the son walks alongside the donkey as the father rides.  The next
group says, "What a mean old man; he must be trying to teach the younger
man a lesson."

Well, when last seen, the father and son were carrying the donkey into
the town.  The moral is, "You can't please everybody, so don't try."

On a personal note, let me add that it has been my unfortunate
experience that stories usually have morals, and people usually don't.

Randolph Herr