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<DIV>I had a very nice 1923 Geo. Steck small grand. It needed restringing, at least, and refinishing. In the end I got lazy (I too have tried a little refinishing, oog) and sold it to a friend.</DIV>
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<DIV>At the moment, I'm having fun with a Roland FP-5 keyboard which is connected to the computer for composing/editing, etc., and playing downloaded MIDI files.</DIV>
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<DIV>I reeeeeally want another decent grand (Kawai, Fandrich, Steinway, Baldwin, or something beautifully rebuilt maybe an Erwin or a Hennessy) but just don't have the cash on hand to buy one.</DIV>
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<DIV>I do not tell my customers that I am, for the moment, pianoless!</DIV>
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<DIV>Alan Barnard</DIV>
<DIV>Salem, Missouri</DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pianotune05@comcast.net href="mailto:pianotune05@comcast.net">pianotune05</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 04/26/2006 10:09:54 PM </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Our own pianos</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hi Avery,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I agree with you. It's dificult to tune, but I tuned a new piano that didn't hold well not too long agon. It's interesting I must add. I wanted someone I met in our field to see how my tuning is doing. I tuned for them, and it took me forever as usual.;) The tuning was great. A week later, I tuned for them again, and they wanted me to do two pianos. I did them in the same time frame The pins on these were tight, stiff and I had to work hard with them. My unisons were "squirly" as in someting that eats acorns? :) I'm not sure what they meant. Anyway, I need to up my speed and somehow get past this awesoe tuning squirly tuning swing and stay on a steady flow of awesome tunings. I usually get the unisons in really well. Have you guys had this happen in the beginning of your careers?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Marshall</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 26, 2006 8:38 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Our own pianos</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Marshall, <BR><BR>He "might" be ready to play a "real" piano much quicker if he didn't have to learn on the Kimball! JMO!<BR>Flamesuit at the ready! :-D<BR><BR>Avery <BR><BR>At 12:03 PM 4/26/2006, you wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica" size=5>My wife has a Kimball artist console, :( At least we have something to play. When I'm up and running in this business, I'm going purchase something much better and let my son play the Kimball until he's ready to play a real piano. ;) <BR>Marshall<BR></FONT> <BR>
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<DD>From: John Musselwhite <john@musselwhite.com> <BR>
<DD>At 07:22 AM 4/26/06 -0400, Phil wrote:<BR><BR>
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<DD>Hi all.<BR><BR>
<DD>I am curious more than anything: what do you have for a piano in your own home?</DD></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
<DD>A 64 note Cameo (CDN Melodigrand) spinet sitting beside my desk and a Yamaha CP-70 electric grand in the music room.<BR><BR>
<DD><X-TAB> </X-TAB><X-TAB> </X-TAB>John<BR><BR><BR>
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