<!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=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2912" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>I've heard of others having problems with that Pierce directory.  Why are some of the dates off?  I'm curious to know because I want to know if it's worth purchasing.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>Marshall</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=tune4u@earthlink.net href="mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net">Alan Barnard</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> Friday, June 16, 2006 4:12 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Stupid Mystery</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P> <DIV>Only stupid because it doesn't matter and 'who cares' but I will explain.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>New customer on phone: "Several keys are down and not working."</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Piano: An ancient Betsy-Wetsy.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Elderly lady, willing to pay for all new replacement elbows, bought piano during WWII when, she said, there was very little choice and they were expensive. But, says she, it had the rounded keys (waterfall) and I just had to have it because my old ivories kept popping off. So it's a sentimental-value PSO.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Serial number is 29085. Pierce says 1903: Spinet? Plastic elbows? No way. Any ideas???</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Alan Barnard</DIV> <DIV>Salem, Missouri</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>