<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" ;> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Alan.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm quite sure the arrangement is original : it is not worn at all and looks like mint factory work.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yet, you raise an interesting application.  Anyway, worth to give it a try.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stéphane Collin.</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 R. Barnard</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 02, 2007 5:35 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Cool checking</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Thanks for the pic. R U sure the leather on the tails wasn't added by a tech to improve checking? It suggests an interesting experiment for worn-out grand backchecking because it would be easier than replacing the actual backcheck leather. Whaday'allthink?<BR><BR>Alan Barnard<BR>Salem, MO<BR>Joshua 24:15<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>