<!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 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I used to fall prey to piano owners calling me up and offering me a 'free piano' (ie, free haul off).  I never could rebuild them as the wood was too rotten.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>One night my wife and I had a nice family night outside.  We tossed 3 verticals and 3 grands on the fire one at a time.  Quite a conversation piece.  Cars would drive by and go slow to determine if my house was on fire.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The was plenty of music as the wire gave, they would soumd like a .22 cal bullet ricocheting.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My buddy who owns the wrecking yard lets me throw the plates over the fence as he sells them to the recycler.  </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>The only problem was the 10,000 screws and nails to pick up the next day, after moving the 6 plates.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ron</FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=IFixPianos@yahoo.com href="mailto:IFixPianos@yahoo.com">Michael Magness</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 06, 2007 9:43 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Trying to be conscious</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><BR><BR> <DIV class=gmail_quote>On Dec 6, 2007 12:43 PM, David Andersen <<A href="mailto:david@davidandersenpianos.com">david@davidandersenpianos.com</A>> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">My friends-----<BR><BR>Do recycling yards take pianos? I gotta dump a burned one.<BR><FONT color=#888888><BR>David Andersen<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV><BR>Our Chapter holds a Piano Burn every 2 or 3 years at one of our members rural home/shop/property in mid-winter, February usually. We pile up a dozen or so PSO's and light 'em up then while we watch them burn we drink warm drinks and tell piano technician war stories! Most times there's plenty of snow on the ground, the temp is in the single digits with a wind chill somewhere below zero but hey we're midwesterners(Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa)so it's just another day in the life! <BR clear=all></DIV> <DIV>Mike<BR>-- <BR>The real trouble with reality is that there's no background music.<BR>Michael Magness<BR>Magness Piano Service<BR>608-786-4404<BR><A href="http://www.IFixPianos.com">www.IFixPianos.com</A><BR>email <A href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com</A> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>