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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Good job.</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=hacicspe@gmail.com href="mailto:hacicspe@gmail.com">daniel
carlton</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 25, 2008 6:02
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> CA it is</DIV>
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<P>thanks for the comments everyone</P></FONT><B></B><I><FONT face=Arial
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<P>"Have you thought about a C/A treatment, instead of new
pins?"</P></FONT></I>
<P>yes. i decided that would be the best route after seeing the piano again.
it had been a year since i last looked at the piano and i failed to take notes
on the condition the first time around. it's a 1926 Vose and Sons small grand.
i think it had been refurbished when the owner bought it in the 70's. it just
looks like it was probably a light refurbish job, if you know what i mean.
strings corroded, cracked bridges and soundboard, loose tuning pins, with a
handful of oversized pins sprinkled in to make it look nice. the action looks
and feels rough: keys need bushing, hammers deeply grooved, etc. </P>
<P>just doesn't look and feel like a piano that was rebuilt or even
well-refurbished in the 70's. </P>
<P>i told her i'd hate to see her pay for new pins with the rest of the piano
in the shape it is.</P>
<P>daniel</P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>