From classicjake@yahoo.com Sat Jan 19 17:53:18 2013
Subject:Re: StoryTone Piano

I had a Helpenstill Roadmaster in the early 1980s. It replaced my Melodigrand after I beat that poor thing nearly to death. Both had the same harp and soundboard. Only two strings per note so it was easy to tune it myself. I paid $900. and sold it a year later for $1000. The Helpenstill was SO cool. Always attracted a lot of attention. Had a very nice spinet tone and the built-in bar pickup provided even tone and volume across the full range of the 64 note keyboard, as opposed to just sticking a mic in the open top of the Melodigrand. After the Helpenstill I went to a Wurlitzer 200A. Its 56 pounds beat the heck out of the 200+ pounds of the Roadmaster. I'd love to have it back just for the "cool" factor.

Jake

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