<HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="IncrediMail 1.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE>v\:* { BEHAVIOR: url (#default#vml) } </STYLE> <style>v\:* { BEHAVIOR: url (#default#vml) } </style>  </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 5px 10px 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bgColor=#ffffff background="" scroll=yes> <TABLE id=INCREDIMAINTABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100%" border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD id=INCREDITEXTREGION dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; DIRECTION: ltr" width="100%"> <DIV>I haven't been reading for a few days and only looked at this post, but  at the risk of sounding uninformed of the latest developments, may I suggest for the first day, a "parched bridge and several bare keys"... In keeping with the rhyme "partridge in a pear tree" and using someone's (see, I am uninformed) words "parched"- and "several...keys"... Good thinking, whoever wrote them. Any thoughts on going with the "a-swimming, a-milking" etc. idea like the "jacks a-jumping" line?  Very much a signature part of the song. Also, I think Rob meant a-flat (like "a-jumping") rather than A flat. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Here are 2 more suggestions:</DIV> <DIV>Seven ribs a-buzzin'</DIV> <DIV>Six strings a-poppin' (or six strings a-zinging)</DIV> <DIV>Also, this may be too far fetched, but if you got a Schomaker as the rebuild, you could have Five Golden Strings.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Larry Trischetta</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV id=IncrediOriginalMessage dir=ltr><I>-------Original Message-------</I></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV id=receivestrings> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><I><B>From:</B></I> <A href="mailto:ricb@pianostemmer.no">Richard Brekne</A></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><I><B>Date:</B></I> 12/14/07 13:27:42</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><I><B>To:</B></I> <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><I><B>Subject:</B></I> On the 15th day of December...</DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Grin... A-flat eh... ? Hard to put "With" in front of it... but it gives</DIV> <DIV>me an idea for a day 1 !... see below. We've no doubt not heard the last</DIV> <DIV>of the first line :):)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Cheers</DIV> <DIV>RicB</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>        15 Cents-A-flat</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>        Rob Goodale, RPT</DIV> <DIV>        Las vegas, NV</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>On the 15th day of December a piano came to me</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>   Fifteen butts a-bounding</DIV> <DIV>   Fourteen wobbly whippens</DIV> <DIV>   Thirteen coins a-clinking,</DIV> <DIV>   Twelve tubby bass strings,</DIV> <DIV>   Eleven  jacks a-jumping,</DIV> <DIV>   Ten grungy grommets,</DIV> <DIV>   Nine brittle bridles,</DIV> <DIV>   Eight damaged dampers,</DIV> <DIV>   Seven fractured flanges,</DIV> <DIV>   Six errant elbows,</DIV> <DIV>   Five broken strings !</DIV> <DIV>   Four coats of paint,</DIV> <DIV>   Three warped posts,</DIV> <DIV>   Two pedals bent,</DIV> <DIV>   With parched board and 50 cents flat !</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD id=INCREDIFOOTER width="100%"> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="100%"></TD> <TD id=INCREDISOUND vAlign=bottom align=middle></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><SPAN id=IncrediStamp><A href="http://www.incredimail.com/index.asp?id=101377&rui=90101378"><SPAN name="imgCache" border="0"><IMG alt="Free Animations for your email - By IncrediMail! Click Here!" src="cid:6E5C9D1B-C19C-4160-A9C1-4E7AD55D5B57" border=0></SPAN></A></SPAN></BODY></HTML>