<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>This just hit me... For the first day there could be a hopeful scenario to this old clunker... How about "And a parched bridge but verdigris free! ??</DIV> <DIV>Larry Trischetta  </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> 12/14/2007 4:59:17 PM</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>Hi Anon :)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>    OK.  If you really want line one to rhyme with the original, and</DIV> <DIV>    "parched" is acceptable:</DIV> <DIV>    .. and a parched bridge and action verdigris (?!?!?)</DIV> <DIV>    Anon.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ooooo... very close... meter is just a tad off... workable tho..</DIV> <DIV>Parched bridge is perfect IMB.. and about the only thing I can think of</DIV> <DIV>that rhymes with Tree is either versdigris or key.... so I suppose its</DIV> <DIV>got to be one or the other...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Course... we could go a bit off the beaten path and say something like...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>    With a parched bridge that smells like cat pee !  :)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>For the moment tho... we go with the tabled suggestion !  Tho Robs Cents</DIV> <DIV>flat has to get worked in somewhere... 20 perhaps.. We have then... :</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>On the 15th day of December a piano came to me</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>   With 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 bridge and action verdigris !</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Cheers</DIV> <DIV>RicB</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </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:ED83F953-B8A2-49CC-9738-200DCCC39B3E" border=0></SPAN></A></SPAN></BODY></HTML>