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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks Paul,</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>This serial Number is what I’m wondering about and
where it is actually built (Nordiska A08141). I’m in </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Windsor</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Ontario</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> near </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Detroit</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>. The house
has Gas hot water heating, and a fire place in the room that is not in working
order so its never used. There is no climate control or parts of one. </span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The Tuning pin coils have about ¼-3/8 inch before they touch
the plate and none of them are near touching. This is an upt. I’m sure
the pounding done by the last tech was done while it was vertical and I tried
one pin. </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The pin I did try did not feel like it went in deeper at
all. When I turned it clockwise it became as loose or looser than before I
tapped on it. Some of the Tuning pin bushings look split. No staining any
where. The customer says it 8 years old I don’t doubt her she and her
daughter were using her granddaughters age to date the purchase.</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Honestly I have only every had loose tuning pins in pianos
not pins that are too tight. Once though a technician replaced with bigger
tuning pins in a piano they were so tight he actually broke one. I don’t
think I would ever consider using anything to loosen up tuning pins. If you’ve
never tried an extension handle tuning hammer you should. </span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I did notice that the keys were very very heavy. </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> This alone
made me think I would not enjoy playing this piano.</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Jessica Masse</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>RPT Piano Technicians Guild</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Proprietor, </span></font><b><font size=4 face="English111 Vivace BT"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"English111 Vivace BT";font-weight:bold'>Ebony
and Ivory Piano Company</span></font></b></p>
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