<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Blonde or Brunette ? Hopefully, not Blondes then I'll have to come up with a dumb blonde joke !<br> <br> Up to my knees in making valves for a player rebuild,<br> Duaine<br> <br> Alan Barnard wrote: <blockquote cite="mid410-22005552716493462@earthlink.net" type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2627" name="GENERATOR"> <p> </p> <div>I'm seeing a 1913 Chickering baby grand this afternoon. It is to be auctioned this evening, with a reserve of $500 and I have a customer who may be bidding.</div> <div> </div> <div>I'm assuming this is a so-called Quarter Grand with wooden brackets and a split, beveled, weird pinblock that is heck to replace, but I haven't seen the piano.</div> <div> </div> <div>The owner says it has this notation on it: "Scale 122".   </div> <div> </div> <div>Any comments from old hands out there would be most appreciated.</div> <div> </div> <div>Thanks ...</div> <div> </div> <div>Alan Barnard</div> <div>Salem, Missouri</div> <div> </div> </blockquote> <br> <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding Associate Member of the Piano Technicians Guild Reed Organ Society Member St. Louis, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:dahechler@charter.net">dahechler@charter.net</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com">www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com</a> </pre> </body> </html>