New Piano Old Piano

We've had a small 4 foot 11 inch Behr Brothers grand piano since we moved to Utah. We bought it from a family in Bountiful. I believe we paid $1300. It was the first piece of furniture we moved into the house.

Lenore's mother has had two grand pianos for some time. One of them she received from the kids' piano teacher, Sally Fletcher, who died in 1994. Some time ago she told us we could have Mrs. Fletcher's piano. We tried to sell our little baby grand. But, got no serious bites. Last fall a sister in our ward said she was interested in it. Lenore sold it to her for $800. They finally got their house all remodeled and squared away to receive the piano this weekend.

So on Saturday we had Thresher piano movers in the house twice. They had been told that we were getting a piano similar to our old one. He was surprised when we told him the new one was a 7 foot size. The little one was about 400 lbs. The new one is about 1200 lbs. Of course, the moving fee was more than we first thought.

The new piano is actually quite old. It's Mason and Hamlin model BB built in 1908. The Black finish is not in great shape. But, it still looks nice and plays quite well. We have to wait a month before we have the piano tech come and tune it. The girls, especially Jensen, were somewhat emotional about saying goodbye to their old piano. Jensen asked the new owners for right of first refusal.