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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Lindner.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Look up Lindner Piano in
Google.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A
href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=wimblees@aol.com href="mailto:wimblees@aol.com">Willem Blees</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, December 01, 2007 12:06
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: PSO</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><WBR>This sounds like a Rippen, or another brand I can't think
of right now, made in Shannon, Ireland. Once the keys start breaking, there is
nothing you can do, but dump the piano.<BR><BR>Wim <BR><BR>-----Original
Message-----<BR>From: Michael Kurta <<A
href="mailto:mkurta@roadrunner.com">mkurta@roadrunner.com</A>><BR>To:
Pianotech <<A
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR>Sent: Fri, 30 Nov
2007 2:47 pm<BR>Subject: PSO<BR><BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2> Anyone run into a Thomas
piano? This is a small console with both sharp and flat keys made
entirely of plastic. Instead of balance rail pins, the keys are
held in place by a thin blade of spring steel (which flexes and breaks).
Weird tuning pins too, they look like they are driven in all the way to the
pinblock (if it even has one). Practice felt rail held in place by
pieces of angle iron-homemade looking. Terrible tone and touch, this is
the worst example of piano building I've seen, almost as if they tried to use
organ parts to put this one together.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2> Mike Kurta</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2> Syracuse
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