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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I use the Papps mute for the most
part.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>But luckily the ones I do, are few and far
between.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.<BR><A
href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=jim@pianoguy.com href="mailto:jim@pianoguy.com">Jim</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 12, 2006 10:09 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Birdcage tuning</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Other issues aside, how does one strip
mute a piano of this design . . </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>They really give me a pain . .
luckily, only have a few customers with these 'antiques' . .</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>JIm Kinnea</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=alan@forsythalan.wanadoo.co.uk
href="mailto:alan@forsythalan.wanadoo.co.uk">alan forsyth</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 12, 2006 6:54
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: The pitch raise speech
(not to be read by ladies)</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is the sort of C#*^$£% I have to
put up with nearly every day!</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>This piano will not raise above
A425Hz</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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