<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16414" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sounds like the right figure for me too. Of course if they've been making old uprights for 80 years and new uprights for only 20 years then the statistic should be applicable everywhere!!!! (Big G)</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2> I usually tell the customer that an old upright could either be kept for sentimental value or semi-mental value. That normally gets those capstans rocking!</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>And talking of comparing old pianos to great grandma's car, here is our great grandfather's car with the whole family aboard; picture taken in 1910.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:002001c79f20$a414b9a0$0100007f@Aspire" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>AF</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT></STRONG> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Farrell" <</FONT></STRONG><A href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</FONT></STRONG></A><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>To: "Pianotech List" <</FONT></STRONG><A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>pianotech@ptg.org</FONT></STRONG></A><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 2:28 PM</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: Re: QUESTION ABOUT AN OLD PIANO</FONT></STRONG></DIV></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG></DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>> Just curious - 80% old uprights seems like an unusually high percentage - <BR>> inwhat area do you live?<BR>> <BR>> Terry Farrell<BR>> <BR>> ----- Original Message ----- <BR>>> Like some others here, a large proportion of my work - at least 80% is old<BR>>> uprights.<BR>> SNIP<BR>>><BR>>> David B. <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>></FONT></STRONG></BODY></HTML>