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Casablanca piano for sale #1998908 12/13/12 01:12 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 32,060 Oakland B BDB OP Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
OP BDB Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member B Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 32,060 Oakland	An article in the New York Times today. There was another Tom Thumb piano that was used at a night club where I tune. It was hauled around in a wagon to serenade the patrons back in another life. Today, the grandson of the founder brought it home for his children to play on, although they may have outgrown it by now. Semipro Tech

Re: Casablanca piano for sale BDB #1998921 12/13/12 01:29 PM
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 18,356 Lexington, Kentucky Monica K. Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
Monica K. Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 18,356 Lexington, Kentucky	Reading between the lines, it sounds like the piano is toast as an instrument. And it sure ain't pretty. But as a piece of movie memorabilia, it's pretty special. http://www.youtube.com/pianomonica

Re: Casablanca piano for sale BDB #1999135 12/13/12 09:11 PM
Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 201 USA Rusty Fortysome Full Member
Rusty Fortysome Full Member Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 201 USA	58 keys. And no more. I thought they got it wrong and it was an 85-key piano. Then I saw it. Currently working on/memorizing... "It's You" from Robotech "He's A Pirate" "Crazy Bone Rag" "What The World Needs Now"

Re: Casablanca piano for sale BDB #1999340 12/14/12 11:02 AM
Joined: May 2001 Posts: 36,804 New York City pianoloverus Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
pianoloverus Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member Joined: May 2001 Posts: 36,804 New York City	Terrific video about this piano from today's NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/video/2012/12/13/nyregion/100000001953960/tiny-piano-grand-romance.html

Re: Casablanca piano for sale BDB #1999741 12/15/12 10:45 AM
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slipperykeys 500 Post Club Member S Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 961 Dorset, England	"Casablanca piano for sale" I don't remember it....

Re: Casablanca piano for sale BDB #1999788 12/15/12 12:50 PM
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 4,534 Jersey Shore M Mark... 4000 Post Club Member
Mark... 4000 Post Club Member M Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 4,534 Jersey Shore	it went for 602k... http://entertainment.nbcnews.com/_n...a-piano-sells-for-602500-at-auction?lite

Re: Casablanca piano for sale BDB #1999825 12/15/12 02:20 PM
Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 184 M Maxtor Full Member
Maxtor Full Member M Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 184	Good lord, $602,000?? I know that Picasso's artworks have sold for upwards of $50 million at auction, and I believe the $100 million mark has been passed numerous times. Money exists on a logarithmic scale. That's the only way I can explain it.

Re: Casablanca piano for sale BDB #1999851 12/15/12 03:09 PM
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Mark... 4000 Post Club Member M Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 4,534 Jersey Shore	Ironically without the movie fanfare the piano probably would end up in a landfill...