<html> At 01:14 AM 5/8/2002 -0700, you wrote:<br> <blockquote type=cite cite>Hi Terry,<br> <br> I'm in Massachusetts.<br> <br> I am sensitive to the fact that I am currently running up quite a bill getting a bunch of basic tools. Also, I would not mind the practice reshaping and replacing hammers once before putting on brand-new ones. I have much to learn.<br> <br> Thanks for the tip about restringing the bass. The stings are indeed in pretty poor shape. I would rather call them tarnished than corroded, but I am convinced that does not do well for the tone. <br> <br> <font face="Times New Roman, Times">The Leland has 85 keys</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=5>, </font><font face="Times New Roman, Times">keys 1-10 are single wound</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=5> and </font><font face="Times New Roman, Times">keys 11-28 are double wound.<br> <br> </font>Thanks for checking into this. I truly appreciate it.<br> <br> Regards,<br> /Claudia</blockquote><br> Claudia,<br> It sounds like you need to attend a few PTG Chapter meetings to meet some techs who can advise you and <br> maybe even close enough to drop by and have a look see to advise better.<br> <br> Where in Mass. are you?  From my sig file you can see my location (as a matter of netiquette please include<br> your location in your signature)<br> <br> <div>Regards,</div> <br> <div>Jon Page,   piano technician</div> <div>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.</div> <div><a href="mailto:jonpage@attbi.com" EUDORA=AUTOURL>mailto:jonpage@attbi.com</a></div> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ </html>