<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="IncrediMail 1.0" name=GENERATOR>  </HEAD> <BODY style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: 0px 0px; SCROLLBAR-FACE-COLOR: #c6d7ff; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 5px 10px 10px; SCROLLBAR-HIGHLIGHT-COLOR: #ffffff; SCROLLBAR-SHADOW-COLOR: #ffffff; SCROLLBAR-3DLIGHT-COLOR: #7b9ed6; SCROLLBAR-ARROW-COLOR: #4a6184; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; SCROLLBAR-DARKSHADOW-COLOR: #bebebe" bgColor=#ffffff background="" scroll=yes ORGYPOS="0"> <TABLE id=INCREDIMAINTABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100%" border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD id=INCREDITEXTREGION style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; CURSOR: auto; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" width="100%"> <DIV> Brian, the likely causes are either growing leads or mice droppings between the keys. Also the piano might have been exposed to excessive amount of water or moisture. </DIV> <DIV>Or, maybe the carriers had the Fall up and strapped over the top and jammed the front rail in.</DIV> <DIV>Loose front guide pins might have shifted with the traveling, But I put my money on the key leads having grown if the piano has not been played for a while and the jamming keys not noticed.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Regards</DIV> <DIV>Robin  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><I>-------Original Message-------</I></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV id=receivestrings> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><I><B>From:</B></I> <A href="mailto:doepkeb@comcast.net">Brian Doepke</A></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><I><B>Date:</B></I> 07/01/06 11:52:44</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><I><B>To:</B></I> <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">'Pianotech List'</A></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><I><B>Subject:</B></I> One OT subject and One "on topic"</DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV class=Section1> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I had to laugh out loud when I read the last names of the first 2 tunings today. <SPAN class=GramE>( I</SPAN> just list the customers last names)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>My first 2 clients last names today were <SPAN class=GramE>( I</SPAN> am not kidding)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Brake, Wind.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Ok, more seriously.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>I received a call from a woman who said that 70% of the keys of her grandmothers recently moved upright piano were already down…in the position achieved after a normal key stroke…and would not work.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN class=GramE>she</SPAN> said “upright” …but that could be anything from a spinet to an old, tall upright. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Who knows!!<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Anyway, I have dealt with jammed keys in a recently moved grand, but not in a vertical.<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Does anyone have any ideas on what this might be?? (naturally I told her that I needed to actually <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">see </SPAN></B>the piano and really could not even guess on what was causing the situation, or even how much it would cost to get them working again)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><STRONG><B><FONT face=Jester size=5><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Jester; mso-no-proof: yes">Brian P. 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