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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Leslie: We can't work miracles, as much as we may
want to. If the man had bought a car in this condition, he would have had to
have it towed to a shop, where they probably would have told the tow truck
driver to keep on going until he got to the junk yard. His ignorance is not your
fault. When I first started in this business, the birdcage piano, usually bought
at an antique auction, was showing up all over the place. I, the greenhorn tuner
in town, was ignorant enough to try and make them playable, which was an
impossible task for 99% of them. If they can't afford to buy another piano,
perhaps they could rent one, and chalk this experience up as an expensive lesson
in how not to purchase a piano.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Good luck,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Patrick C. Poulson<BR>Registered Piano
Technician<BR>Piano Technicians Guild</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>