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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A little off topic here...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I obtained about 20 free pianos from the local
major dealer in town. They were moving to a new warehouse and decided it
was an opportunity to get rid of numerous old trade-ins that had
been accumulating for years. I guess it was more
economical to ditch them then to perpetually store them. I picked out
pretty much everything that was worth fixing and then personally assisted in
smashing up another 30 or so with a sledge hammer and filling four huge 40 foot
commercial dumpsters. It was a big job but swinging that big hammer at old
pianos was kind of therapeutic!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have been fixing them up one at a time and a
couple days ago I set up an old Story & Clark grand. It's pretty
beat up but certainly sellable and "free" was a good price. As I started
working on it I immediately noticed something really bizarre. The shift
pedal is configured completely backwards! The lever itself is on the left
side, and the action slides left instead of right. Thus the hammers omit
the right unison instead of the left. Likewise the return spring in the
keybed is on the left side instead of the right. I had to look at it twice
to make sure I wasn't seeing things. It is very strange to see it work
this way. After tuning and working on thousands of pianos at this point in
my career I can't recall ever seeing this. Anyone else ever come across a
left shifting action?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rob Goodale, RPT</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Las Vegas, NV</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>