Thanks for the input." A shoe too small" - that may explain why I felt a little uncomfortable after the tunning. Don <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Hi Howard, These pianos are really the same as a Lesage. The pin blocks are generally good. The sound is generally somewhat "coarse". Materials in the instruments are ok. Compared to other 42" pianos they are "above average". But a shoe that is too small will always be too small. At 10:47 PM 1/16/2007 -0500, you wrote: >Recently tuned a Bell console piano. The archives indicate that Bell pianos >made in Ontario in the early 1900s were quality instruments. This one was >made in Quebec Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat mailto:pianotuna@yahoo.com http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7 306-539-0716 or 1-888-29t-uner </BLOCKQUOTE> <hr size=1> <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=40705/*http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=ca">All new Yahoo! Mail - </a> <hr size=1>Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy reading pane.