>> We do, though, have our own version of nearly worthless, maddening pianos. We call them "spinets". Stay sane!!! Thump>> Yes, indeed, we have a few of those here too. You can have them back if you want. They tend to get dismantled down to the strungback and sent to the piano colleges for the students to practise their chipping. Most pianos sound quite good when tuned but these things!! Our instructor told us that we were trained to even make a bag of nails sound good, but he never mentioned Baldwin #1118078 and a certain Kimball Whitney! While tuning a wooden framed piano is like trying to tune a washing line, at least you don't have to be a professional contortionist while doing so. Occasionally I take electronic readings of the harmonic deviations on pianos; while the average piano shows a harmonic deviation of + 8 cents at A440, the Kimball's reading is a whopping, disgusting, screeching +17.5 cents. No wonder all the dogs in the neighbourhood were howling! Regards Alan Forsyth Edinburgh
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