<br> <br>   Alan<br>  You Have got to be one of the funniest humans alive. Perhaps a circus act of how many old uprights can you jump on a speeding bicycle is in your future.......<br>   Dude! you da man.  Now about those sooty footprints.......<br> <br> Reminds me of My friend Carla who came with a friend to buy a piano.  As she exited her car I asked.."Carla How are you.  She said horrible.  I quickly handed her a 10 pound sledge & stood her in front of a old beater outside. I said swing away until relieved.  She did.....   she was says....... it was pure therapy......<br>    Dale<br> <br> <br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_3_0d8d877f-8cde-42d0-bf2a-2daa1ade6f43> <STYLE>#AOLMsgPart_3_0d8d877f-8cde-42d0-bf2a-2daa1ade6f43 p { MARGIN: 0px; } </STYLE> <div>Knew the subject line would lure you in ...</div> <div> </div> <div>Here's how Jesse French and I celebrated Earth Day: removing the old finish, reducing the piano's weight by half, tweaking certain noses, and putting badly needed carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.</div> <div> </div> <div>The most fun moment was pushing it over: Wham!</div> <div> </div> <div>Interesting observations: Many of the plain wire strings snapped right at the speaking-side bridge pin as they got hot -- all that broke, broke at that same place (more tension in speaking segment?). Somewhere late in the game, as the pinblock area was burning (took a loooong time), the plate broke. I was not too far away and it was scary loud: Bang! I am reminded of the customer who's Kawai grand burned completely in a house fire; he asked me did I want to salvage any of the parts, perhaps the strings? Uh, no thanks. I did salvage some action pieces (stickers and whippens) and all the hardware, especially screws, I could reasonably get to. They don't now make hardware with a tenth of the quality of this 90-year-old stuff.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><IMG hspace=0 src="cid:earth day.jpg@39567.9161639005.491" align=baseline border=0></div> <div> </div> <div>Alan Barnard<br> Salem, MO<br> <div> </div> <div>P.S. If anyone is bothered by my sooty footprints, email me privately and I'll tell you a little secret.</div> <div> </div> </div> </div> <div id='u8CA78E072C40752-185C-5DC2' class='aol_ad_footer'><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Plan your next roadtrip with <A title="http://www.mapquest.com/?ncid=mpqmap00030000000004" href="http://www.mapquest.com/?ncid=mpqmap00030000000004" target="_blank">MapQuest.com</A>: America's #1 Mapping Site.</FONT> </div>