<br><br> <div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 9:17 AM, tom <<a href="mailto:tomtuner@verizon.net">tomtuner@verizon.net</a>> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div lang="EN-US" vlink="blue" link="blue" bgcolor="white"> <div> <p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Tom Driscoll </span></font></p> <div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <hr align="center" width="100%" size="2"> </span></font></div> <p><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Subject:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> Winter Spinet with plastic damper flanges</span></font></p> </div> <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </span></font></p> <div> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Greetings,</span></font></p></div> <div> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></font></p></div> <div> <div class="Ih2E3d"> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">           Has anyone ever seen a particular type of Winter spinet that closes up just like a square grand? <font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy"></span></font></span></font></p> </div> <p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Yes.</span></font></p> <div class="Ih2E3d"> <p style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></font></p> <p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">All closed up,  it looks like a buffet table or some cabinet. I never seen one of these. Are they common? <font color="navy"><span style="COLOR: navy"></span></font></span></font></p> <p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></font></p></div> <p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I've seen a few.</span></font></p> <div class="Ih2E3d"> <p><font face="Arial" color="navy" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></font></p> <p style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The thing has plastic damper flanges, yet all other parts are wood. Also the shape of the scale is very interesting as the bass scale is <em><i><font face="Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">curved</span></font></i></em>. </span></font></p> </div></div> <div> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></font></p></div> <div> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Julia</span></font></p></div> <div> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Reading</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">. PA</span></font></p></div> <p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></font></p> <div> <div style="MARGIN-TOP: 7.5pt"> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"><font face="Arial" color="black" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <hr align="center" width="100%" size="2"> </span></font></div></div></div></div></div><br> <p><font size="2">No virus found in this incoming message.<br>Checked by AVG.<br>Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.0/1344 - Release Date: 3/26/2008 8:52 AM<br></font></p><br> <p><font size="2">No virus found in this outgoing message.<br>Checked by AVG.<br>Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.0/1344 - Release Date: 3/26/2008 8:52 AM<br></font></p></blockquote></div> <div><br> </div> <div>I've seen a couple of those, it seemed to be a popular furniture style at one point since I have seen Baldwins, Kimballs & Gulbransons with the same furniture styling. I always thought they looked rather like a buffet/sideboard or a short coffin on legs! <g></div> <div> </div> <div>Mike<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.<br>- Bertrand Russell<br><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>