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[Ron Nossaman]

> Thanks, John (and Patrick).  While cleaning, I only used a very soft 
> paint brush and a vacuum cleaner.  When I was tuning I kept looking at 
> those strings.... The strings don't look brand spanking new, but they're 
> not horrible either.   What a day to have forgotten my calipers!
> 
> Well, I'm off to face today's piano adventures.
> 
> Barbara Richmond

Hi Barb,
I carry an old Schaff tuning pin gage (#44, page 59). Weighs 
little, takes up little space, and I probably consult it 
twenty times a year as I sit at a piano wondering how it came 
to be in this condition.

Ron N