Haha look who I just sold a piano too!

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Got a call from a guy responding to an ad I had for a used piano. He just arrived 30 minutes ago and bought it. Who was it? None other than one of the the “Superbad” stars himself, Michael Cera!

Really down to earth and a nice guy. Didn’t want to bother him with questions about his movies and stuff, so I just kept the convo to the piano. He seemed so giddy and excited to be getting it and said this will be his very first piano. I did ask what he’s got coming up, and he said his next movie, “Nick & Nora” is due out in October. Pretty cool.

He’s been in a lot of movies and TV he co-starred in “Arrested Development”, which I really liked. Here’s a recent appearance on Letterman.

He’s the one on the right.

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(From Common Errors in English Usage)

TO/TOO/TWO

People seldom mix “two” up with the other two; it obviously belongs with words that also begin with TW, like “twice” and “twenty” that involve the number 2. But the other two are confused all the time. Just remember that the only meanings of “too” are “also” (“I want some ice cream too.”) and “in excess” (“Your walkman is playing too loudly.”). Note that extra O. It should remind you that this word has to do with adding more on to something. “To” is the proper spelling for all the other uses.

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I can’t believe I did that! I was in a hurry I guess to get out the door to run an errand. My (super) bad!:o

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I can’t believe I did that! I guess was too hurried to get out the door to run an errand for my two neighbors! My (super) bad!:o

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:o:o:o awesome to hear people like him still buy second hand things lol.

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If you ever use the word, “convo” again, I’m sending language maven, William Safire over to your house to give you a rim job.

Michael Cera is very cool and it must have been a thrill to have him buy your piano. I liked him in Juno.

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That beats my Richard Simmons encounter for sure!

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Ahh… What dosn’t beat a Richard Simmons encounter…?

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You sure it wasn’t the other George Michael, you know, the singer-songwriter?

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Wow, for a second I thought he be trying to revive William Powell. It’s Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist.

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Yeah it was a surprise for sure. Another interesting job was tuning a grand for Dennis Tito, the guy who paid 20 million dollars out of his own pocket to go into space! Also tuned for lots of hollywood bigwigs and character actors over the years. :slight_smile: The other thing is, I’ll probably be doing regular tunings for MC. Maybe I can get him to introduce me to Martin Scorsese, and he’ll cast me in a move called “Muni Fellas”.:smiley:

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Maaan I can’t wait til the Arrested Development movie!

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Obviously this is a sign that the economy isn’t doing well and that gas prices are too high.

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No, actually it’s a sign that on the fairly rare occasions I even have a piano for sale, they are always those with minimum use, near mint and with a warranty that I include. I also fully inspect a piano before I acquire one, then clean, detail, regulate to specs, and tune. In may cases, they are literally better than new!

New pianos, like cars, depreciate immediately upon purchase-money you will never recoup-plus new pianos require at least 5 tunings in the first year alone, due to new strings stretching, and also new pianos need action regialtion after the first 6 months to a year to compensate for compaction and settling of new parts…all at the new owner’s expense.

Yes, there are lots of “oldies-but-junkies” out there, but I never deal in those. Only like new, barely used quality pianos. And, of course, I’m also a good salesman, and know whereof I speak! :slight_smile: But most informed consumers want to buy from an experienced piano tech rather than a private part seller who has no clue as to the technical aspects of the piano they’re selling. Many times the “great deal” an unwitting buyer thought they got, requires hundreds to thousands of dollars in repairs-just to make it playable!

For example, the cost just to restring an average upright is about $1,800! New hammers another $900-$1,200. And because a piano action has more than 6,000 parts, there can be virtually unlimited repair/replacement requirements. Then the soundboard, bridges, trapwork, pinblock! It can be a major nightmare and not even close to worth fixing.

So, when I add all the extras like warranty, tuning, cleaning regulation and such to an already near mint piano, it makes it a great value. What’s the difference between the piano he bought from me, and a comparable new piano? About $2,500 in his pocket saved! I call that smart. :smiley:

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Wow! Highly neat!! Way to go, Terry!

And, yes, pianos are bastards, lol.

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Haha not this one!

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oh my gawwwwd… multiple eyegasms…

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Haha that’s a good one. I forgot to mention, it’s a Fazzy! (Fazioli) Amazing instrument and of course, $$$$$$$$$ :sunglasses: Here’s one being played. Some Fazzy concert grands cost 200k!

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I played one in the WSU recording studio!
It’s like 88 mega-fingergasms!!!

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Wow! You are a lucky guy! :slight_smile: