Property of Strider Shurtliff Lawrence “Ram Rod” ShurtliffYamaha P-T4 Chromatic Octave Tuning Scope, used by Ram Rod with the Grateful Dead, ca. early 1970s Piano tuner (11 x 6 x 9”) in original brown leather case, with blue leather buckled bag. “Big” Steve Parish: “In the late 1960’s when the band would tune up, it was ‘give me an A to tune to.’ This tuner, belonging to Ram Rod, was a state of the art piano tuner that we tried to use to check tuning. It was in use for a short time as new guitar tuners were being developed in the 70’s.”Condition reportAs toured. Please contact the Books and Manuscripts Department for more information:+1 212 606 7385books@sothebys.com
Property of Strider Shurtliff Lawrence “Ram Rod” ShurtliffYamaha P-T4 Chromatic Octave Tuning Scope, used by Ram Rod with the Grateful Dead, ca. early 1970s Piano tuner (11 x 6 x 9”) in original brown leather case, with blue leather buckled bag. “Big” Steve Parish: “In the late 1960’s when the band would tune up, it was ‘give me an A to tune to.’ This tuner, belonging to Ram Rod, was a state of the art piano tuner that we tried to use to check tuning. It was in use for a short time as new guitar tuners were being developed in the 70’s.”Condition reportAs toured. Please contact the Books and Manuscripts Department for more information:+1 212 606 7385books@sothebys.com
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