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<DIV> Welll,,, I think that when the piano is old and groaty, wire brushed, cleaned and painted tuning pins look better than the crud and stains.</DIV>
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<DIV>Julia</DIV>
<DIV>Reading, PA</DIV>
<DIV>In a message dated 7/27/2006 7:12:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fagetaboutit! Yuck!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 27, 2006 3:19 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> WOW!! I saw GOLD PAINTED tuning pins!</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I tuned a small grand piano (circa 1920) for a small chapel amd the tuning pins and the fore strings about 2" in, were painted gold!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Now, I <EM><STRONG><U>love</U></STRONG></EM> to paint. Its a hobby, I mean, I have wooden wash props that I painted purple and aqua sides and I masked them with peg board to spray gold polka-dots. All this is to say that I am <EM>veerrrry</EM> critical of how good a paint job is .</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> These tuning pins were wire brushed and the girt and grime was cleaned off, (the prep work was obviously <EM><U>well </U></EM>done) the piano was obviously masked to avoid over spray and then painted gold with spray paint! ....and <EM><STRONG>IT LOOKED GOOD</STRONG></EM>! I tuned it, and the paint never got in my way, felt gummy or even chipped!!! It was a well done job! </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> The History channel recently had a documentary on paint's use, function and it's history. It explained how a coat of paint will stop rust in it's tracks. I have a customer who just was given an old grand piano and the pin area is UGLY, I mean, I wire brushed it and vaccuumed and it still looks grubby. I'm ready to suggest a paint job to this customer, wire brush and masking tape/cardboard in hand!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Gimme paint, dahmik! and I am dangerous!!! Seeing this opened up a new dimension'ne. Comments? </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Julia Gottshall</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Reading, PA </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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