1969_02 The Daily Collegian February 1969

              SUPPLEMENT 4
'Just An Old Piece Of Junk'?!
By Pat Halpern
The magnificent rosewood con¬
cert grand piano located on the
main floor of the College Union
and valued between $7,000 and
$10,000 was once Just an "old
piece of junk" which begged for
an owner.
•It was absolutely beaten to
death. . .burned, scarred, stained
. . .littered with waste paper and
cigarette butts," recalls Earl
Whitfield, «CU director who sal¬
vaged the piano about four years
ago from Fresno City College. "It
just looked like junk."
Exactly how the concert grand
got to Fresno from Philadelphia,
where It was manufactured by the
Sleinway Music Company in 187G,
Is a mystery to Whitfield. All
he has been able to discover about
the piano's past Is that It was
originally sold lo a dealer in
Philadelphia, then, nearly 70
years later, it turned up in Fresno
and was bought by Fresno State
College.
the old campus (currently FCC)
by the music department. When
FSC moved to Its present site.
the piano was left behind lier.iusi-
it had deteriorated considerably
ani ihe music department db
lotwifr needed it.
. \-l so 'he concert urand re-
ii -I ,ii KCC for alioul lOmore
y-.r.. Then, FCC decided that
!■ no longer wanted the "junk"
pl.iiin and requested FSC to re-
n.ovo it from the campus,
an effort l<
to FCC with a piano expert to
look at It. His first impression
was that It was «Junk".
■We took a closer look and
found that the sound board (a
thin resonant board which re¬
inforces an Instrument's tone)
was Intact and original," Whit¬
field said. "And under layers
of paint and wax which had ac¬
cumulated over nearly 100 years
was  a basically good rosewood
With the concurrence of the
CU planning committee, Whitfield
put the piano in commercial stor-~~
age (no one else wanted the con¬
cert grand). About six months
before the union was scheduled
to open, the piano was sent to '
Dungan's Piano Service for a
refurbishing, inside and out. It
took four months and cost about
51,500 to restore Ihe piano to its
present  condition.
Following the completion of
the College Union, the piano was
transported via van to Its loca¬
tion in the northwest corner.
Whitfield recalls that the nine-
foot Instrument was "very, very
heavy" and only cleared the doors
of the union by one-fourth of
an Inrh. Whitfield said that even
though a dollv Is permanently
affixed   to the piano. It will not
sary and never off thtt) floor be¬
cause   movinc   is  harmful   to  a
uilent playing will
zed iliat >•
■I the p
fOI    •!
s cir¬
culated to various departments
asklniT If anyone mlchl want 11.
This was when Whitfield, who was
formulating plans for Ihe union,
first learned ol the concert grand.
Realizing tl
played by anyone at any lime; no
speiial  permits  are required.
Whitfield said thai the piano
attracts much attention. In fact,
he said, "some or the people
who were originally asked If they
wanted the piano are not so sure
now that their original decisions
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Y sponsors yoga
tonight in Union
Campos footnotes
An Introduction to Advalta Yoga
will be held In the College Union
Lounge tonight at 7:30. The
group Is being sponsored by the
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Gary Dee, a local radio per¬
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