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<DIV>I've been inspired! I have a client, a university in East Texas that
has a 5 year old "D" that is dead. Sustain is gone. I have a "B" and
a "D" here that are 9 years old. The "B" is not dead yet, but the vultures
are circling.</DIV>
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<DIV>I read in the archives again last night the post from Del of April 2001 on
putting the sounding board springs in. I've ordered the springs from
McMaster and I've remembered I have some nice "L" shaped maple that can serve as
the mounts for the system. This maple had a former life as damper lifter
trays. </DIV>
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<DIV>I hope to be able to bring a little life to our two pianos here, then try
it on the East Texas piano. When you think about $200,000 worth of less
than 10 year old pianos in this shape, you really want to do something,
anything! I like the fact that I can just remove the additional apparatus
if this doesn't make an improvement. If I do it over winter break and it
doesn't work, no one will ever know. If it does work, I'll make sure
everybody knows!!</DIV>
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<DIV>I'll let you know how it goes.</DIV>
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<DIV>dave</DIV></BODY></HTML>
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David M. Porritt
dporritt@mail.smu.edu
Meadows School of the Arts
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX 75275
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