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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kurt,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There was a discussion of this just last
month. Go to the ptg list archives, select pianotech and then select
April. The subject is car mileage.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Have fun. I think our next one might
be a Prius.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond, RPT</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 04, 2007 7:57 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> The Quest for the Ideal Piano
Technician Automobile</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>My beloved VW hatchback (with back seat removed for bountiful
action cradle space)<BR>is starting to feel its age and 188,000 miles and I am
pondering what I will do when it <BR>finally goes to the great big salvage
yard in the sky... <BR><BR>In your opinions, what is the all time best suited
car for piano work? <BR>Including, most vitally: <BR><BR>---Easy transport of
grand and upright actions <BR>---Room for needed tools<BR>---Decent gas
mileage <BR><BR><BR><BR>(Also, I was eying a Honda Insight the other day, and
was wondering if<BR>any ambitious tech out there has tried to fit an action in
one of those<BR>gasoline sippers... Maybe in the back hatch with the passenger
seat <BR>all the way forward? Am I totally deluding
myself?)<BR><BR><BR><BR>Highly subjective opinions
welcome.<BR><BR><BR> [k]urt<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
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