<font color='black' size='2' face='Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif'><br> <br> <div style="color: black; "> <div id="AOLMsgPart_1_a48b6056-9f50-44ad-9880-e2e213b34678"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"> Al writes: </font><br> </font> <div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica, arial; "><br> </div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif" size="2">>></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="helvetica, arial" style="font-size: 10pt; ">Since I and my department were the last to work on and inspect those pianos, I take exception to the insinuation that the pianos were of lesser quality.</font><br> <div style="font-size: 10pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"> </font></div> </div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif" size="2"> Hmm,  maybe you aren't talking about actions, but my experience is vastly different. Many of the 60's actions are some of the abominable  creations I have seen in pianos.  Aside from the Teflon mistakes, I have seen many , if not most, with  horrible geometry, poorly made parts, alignment issues that the poor tech in a shop has to tear hair out about, etc.  But the belly work was generally really good. </font></font></div> <div><font class="Apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif" size="2">Regards,  </font><br> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; "><br> </span> <div style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; clear: both; "><font color="black" face="arial" size="2">Ed Foote RPT<br> http://www.piano-tuners.org/edfoote/index.html</font></div> </font></div> </div>  </div> </font>