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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Cy</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>After all this time I find upright =
pianos being
referred to on the List! I though you all had S&S, M&H, Yam =
grands only
in US! </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I use a Papps wedge only on uprights. I =
find the
rubber fiddly to get in between the strings in a hurry!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards from a rainy evening in =
Sussex</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G.(UK)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=741662027@theshusters.org =
href="mailto:741662027@theshusters.org">Cy
Shuster</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 01, 2005 =
5:37 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> A real West Virginia =
piano</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>At first, I thought this black, powdery stuff was =
mold --
but there was no rust on the strings, and it was only on the tops of =
the
hammers.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>As I dared to touch it, a train went rumbling by =
(100 yards
or more away), and the light bulb came on: very fine coal dust! =
Finally,
an environment that is *beneficial* to a piano! :-)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy Shuster--</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Bluefield, WV</FONT></DIV>
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