<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10 (filtered)"> <style>  </style> </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple id="role_body" bottomMargin=7 leftmargin=7 topmargin=7 rightMargin=7> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I see.  Well I hear that intense heat such as is achieved by a liberal dowsing with lighter fluid followed by a struck match does wonders to ease tight centers—and anything else that ails the poor beast.    </span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p> <div> <p><font size=2 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt; color:navy'>David Love<br> davidlovepianos@comcast.net<br> www.davidlovepianos.com</span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'> </span></font></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Farrell<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, October 16, 2007 6:46 PM<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Pianotech List<br> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: Protek Seizure</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Oh, gee whizz, thanks for your input Dale. You're probably thinking that this is a piano of some sort. No, no, no. Terribly sorry, this is a little crap 70s (or so) console crap piano impersonator. I don't mean to disturb the thoughts of a forward thinking man.......  ;-)</span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Terry Farrell</span></font></p> </div> <blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt; margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>----- Original Message ----- </span></font></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial id="role_document"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black'>  & what kind & vintage piano is this?  If it's a late 70's Yamaha they had plated pins that the Plating wore off & clogged the bushings. & nothing but reaming with a roughened reamer & then pinning or new parts will cure this.</span></font></p> </div> <div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>  Dale</span></font></p> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div> </body> </html>