Sometime in September I was contacted by a woman from Woodbridge who was interested in a Baby Grand. I had one in stock, a Murdoch, reconditioned & repolished for a very reasonable £1500. She liked and asked about delivery, adding that she wanted it in her living room on the first floor. Unfortunately the stairs were very difficult and a stair-lift made the situation more-or-less impossible. However, there was always the balcony! For a mild and sweet 'little old lady' she certainly had guts and determination, or that's what she was expecting in my dept.
She was quoted over £600 by a delivery firm 'near Woodbridge', cor what a rip-off I thought and made a few calls to some good ole local boys. The car restorer and vehicle recovery expert Peter Teager of Tunstall had a look, we agreed a sensible price and so it went.
I roped in ( almost literally ) the help of Carl, a large Lifeboat Man and allround strong person and we (they) got it up with out any trouble. Here is a picture of him sizing up the situation.
The touching part of this, as mentioned, was the fact that the woman was determined to buy this piano for herself, for her 91st BIRTHDAY!!! I must say it looked great in her living room and she was thrilled. So much so that she played a couple of songs before I left (which I attempted to sing along too). Oh Happy Days! Oh, and her name was Mrs.Diamond and she certainly lived up to that!
(I haven't really got the hang of spacing the pictures out on this blog, so please excuse my skills in this dept. I really am much better at tuning and restoring pianos. And occasionally moving them!)
