<html> At 07:14 PM 3/02/07 +0000, Brad H. wrote: <blockquote type=cite cite>Hi all,   Had the opportunity to (try) and service and (try) to tune a Hellpinstill yesterday.  Weird little portable spinet in a professional road-case from the sixties(?).</blockquote> Could be later. I tuned and repaired a brand-new one in the 80s. Awful little thing. Yamaha made a better version.   <blockquote type=cite cite>Anyone else ever worked on one of these?  The owner is interested in putting some money into it but I'd like to hear if I should just run away.</blockquote> If the owner is looking for a curiosity and has the money, let them put the money into it. Who knows... it might be worth something to someone someday. There probably aren't many left by now. <x-tab>        </x-tab>John Musselwhite, RPT </html>