<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16414" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV> <STRONG><EM><FONT size=4> Dave....IS it for sale?  $5.99...a fair price.</FONT></EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM><FONT size=4>  Dale</FONT></EM></STRONG></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Verdana color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>Yes, some pretty amazing things can happen to pianos at schools.  I wonder where the keys ended up...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The worst case of school piano abuse was actually a Steinway in a frat house at Stanford University.  I wish I'd had a camera.  The soundboard was basically gooey with beer swill, the tuning pins were coated in black muck, many strings were broken.  I was just there to move it at the time, so pulling the action wasn't in my agenda.  But the thing that made moving a bit difficult was that the rear leg was missing, having long since replaced by a beer keg.  Pretty good height match, though it wasn't attached so well.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style="CLEAR: both">Dave Stahl</DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face="Book Antiqua" size=2 FAMILY="SERIF" PTSIZE="10"><B><I></I>Dale Erwin--Piano Restorations<BR>4721 Parker rd<BR>Modesto, Ca. 95357<BR>Shop 209-577-8397<BR>cell 209-985-0990<BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face="Abadi MT Condensed" color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Web site <A href="http://www.erwinspiano.com/">http://www.Erwinspiano.com</A> </FONT><FONT lang=0 face="Book Antiqua" color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SERIF" PTSIZE="10"><I><BR>Restoration & Sales of<BR>Steinway & Sons & other fine pianos.<BR>" Soundboards by Design"</I><BR></B></FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>