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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lots of various food and merchandise stamps,
postal and war bond stamps, many mercury dimes and other odd-ball coins, and one
of my favorites: a very old 1940s looking pencil in a brass ammo shaped shell
casing with a removable bullet to access the tip and John 3:16 printed on
it. Lots and lots of gold stars, finished and unfinished
letters, kid's home work, candles, hundreds of paper clips, hundreds of
guitar picks, receipts of every kind, an uncashed check, other technician's
tools, and an old upright that was so heavy the movers could hardly get it on a
dolly. The reason? It was apparently once in a church and someone
completely PACKED the bottom with old hymnals. They had apparently been
there for decades and were badly disintegrating.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rob Goodale, RPT</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Las Vegas, NV</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> Things found by myself in pianos
include:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> a shiny new 1918 U.S.
Quarter</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> an unfired .357 magnum
round</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> live mice, with nest</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> pre-Civil War dust,
undisturbed</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> part of a mid-1860's German postcard,
used to shim the pinblock</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> about an entire bushel of dead roaches,
plus their "stuff" so encrusting the action that it was utterly unusable at that
time ( I did manage to salvage it)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> regurgitated cream soda
float</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> various snake skins</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> blood splatters from wounded Union
soldiers</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> USED condoms</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> a large number of opportunities to do
heroic pitch raises</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> I'm still looking for the matching
$140,000 in cash that was discovered inside an old upright by a tech up in
Minnesota about 18 years ago.....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> Keeps one guessing,
though!!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> Robin Blankenship</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>> Matoaca,
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