<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 = size=3></FONT> </DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Paul McCloud [mailto:pmc033@earthlink.net] <BR><B>Sent:</B> July 26, 2005 7:37 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Delwin D Fandrich<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: Chickering = Model 123<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Del:</DIV> <DIV>    Thanks for the reply.  I'm going to remove/loosen a few strings and clean up under there and see what happens.  I'm selling it, so any improvement will go a long = way.  </DIV> <DIV>    Paul</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=546013004-27072005><FONT face="Comic Sans = MS" color=#000080 size=3></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=546013004-27072005><FONT face="Comic Sans = MS" color=#000080 size=3>I should have added -- just because a = soundboard has measurable crown and string bearing doesn't mean the piano doesn't have = a soundboard problem. Or a scaling problem, for that. Chickering wouldn't = be the only one.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=546013004-27072005><FONT face="Comic Sans = MS" color=#000080 size=3></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=546013004-27072005><FONT face="Comic Sans = MS" color=#000080 size=3>Del</FONT></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>