quote:No, I wasn’t. Is that where the worst of it happened?
quote:Originally posted by Piano*Dad:
BTW, I seem to recall Larry regularly badmouthing Cindy, but not in the viscerally intense and stalking-worthy way that others have described.
quote:Originally posted by QuirtEvans:quote:Originally posted by Piano*Dad:
BTW, I seem to recall Larry regularly badmouthing Cindy, but not in the viscerally intense and stalking-worthy way that others have described.
My recollection is that it was very much like his reaction to anyone with left-leaning views that they were willing to express, but that it got worse after he was banned here.
quote:Originally posted by Steve Miller:
I may be the only one here who actually met Larry. We were in a baseball trip to Atlanta and I decided to swing by his shop.
The most memorable thing about that visit was learning that Larry in person was exactly the same as Larry on line.
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quote:Originally posted by Steve Miller:
I was surprised to see that there was a Yamaha dealer sharing the parking lot. There were several cars parked in front of the Yamaha place but only one in front of Pianos, Inc. A sole geriatric Town Car was parked next to the door at Larry’s place. Brown, IIRC.
I had brought my daughter. We were shopping for a nice grand and we wanted to see the Bechstein (the only Bechstein), see what made it so great and perhaps hear him play it. Classically trained, you know.
But it was not to be. The Bechstein was enshrined on a platform, and no one, not even Larry, would ever play it. If it had an action it you couldn’t prove it by me.
What I was presented with were two short rows of budget grade Chinese and Eastern European spinets. Not consoles, spinets. I get that this might what sells in Atlanta but it was a huge disappointment.
I was then treated to a one sided diatribe on how the Koreans were destroying the wheel cover market. My daughter was left to fend for herself. That situation did not work for me.
We exited promptly and I never paid any attention to anything he said ever again.
[edit] There was indeed a five pedal Wing Landfill Upright next to the front door. I thought it was the most interesting piano in the place.
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The most dangerous word in the language is "obvious"
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quote:Originally posted by ShiroKuro:
Wait, he was a piano dealer in Atlanta??
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quote:Originally posted by ShiroKuro:
Wait, he was a piano dealer in Atlanta??
quote:Many years ago. Not in at least a decade and a half though.
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quote:The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones.
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quote:Originally posted by big al:
A thread in TNCR - RIP-Larry. I saw quite a few posters there that I hadn't seen online for quite awhile (not that I regularly visit TNCR).
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