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Some scam artists pitch legitimate-sounding items over the phone at plausible prices, then send products that bear little resemblance to the descriptions. "Car phones," for example, turn out to be cheap telephones in the shape of a car. One "sewing machine" looks more like a stapler, and the "piano" fits in the palm of your hand. "Home stereo entertainment systems" turn out to be tiny radios, and "satellite dishes" look suspiciously like Chinese woks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reach Out And Rob Someone | 4/3/1989 | See Source »

Finley escorts Rossi to his room, which is complete with a broad vista of the Charles River and a grand piano--a special conducement for Rossi...

Author: By Michael S. Berk, | Title: Moving Beyond Barons to a Computer Age | 3/15/1989 | See Source »

MOZART AND SCHNABEL, VOLS. 1-4 (Arabesque). The great Artur Schnabel in memorable performances of Mozart piano concertos and solo music, recorded in London between...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Mar. 13, 1989 | 3/13/1989 | See Source »

...music lessons. Ben Margolis, 11, of West Los Angeles, has a Roland D-20 that he can mess around with when he's finished his piano lessons. "Nothing can replace the real instrument," he says, "but if you're trying to do sound effects or you don't know how to play another instrument, it's great." But Margolis already has it all in perspective. "The piano is the more beautiful instrument," he says. "But the keyboard is the more interesting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Keys to The Kingdom | 3/6/1989 | See Source »

...about $25,000? Tim Lublin of Hollywood, Fla., who spent that much on the gear in his Chevy pickup, needs five twelve- volt batteries, hidden behind the front seat, to supply juice for his 3,000-watt system. The platform holding his five amplifiers folds on piano hinges to reveal a subfloor that carries four fans to cool the amps...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shake, Rattle and Roar Thunder in the distance? | 3/6/1989 | See Source »

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