<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wow, Phil, I had Dampp-Chaser systems = disappear off pianos, but never action parts!  (Not to mention icky things = getting PUT in pianos!)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>former CAUT</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=rinkyd@pacbell.net href="mailto:rinkyd@pacbell.net">Phil Frankenberg</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> Monday, February 23, 2004 = 7:33 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Hammer thief?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Today I went to check on a baldwin F = (7 ft) in the band room of the college where I work. To my amazement and horror = I found all the case parts off and lying on the floor, the action slightly = pulled out, every hammer, shank, and flange assembly gone. All hammer = flange screws gone and all case part screws gone. These parts were only about = a year old. The whippens(which they left) and rest of the piano are = 40yrs old. I'm wondering if someone thought they could just put them on = their own piano or if it was a prank. Anybody else experience anything = like this? I know this is kind of OT but I just had to tell somebody who = could appreciate the bizarreness of it all.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Phil Frankenberg<BR>CSU Chico, Ca.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>