<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>As no-one on the list&nbsp;has expressed interest, I'm considering encouraging the nursing home where I play for the "inmates" to pick it up to replace their REALLY junky old upright with. But don't want to get into trouble with unseen "pecadilloes" peculiar to these things, so please let me know what problems I might expect.</span></div><div><span></span>&nbsp;</div><div><span>Thumpe</span></div><div></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Euphonious Thumpe<br></div>  <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="hr"
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<div id="yiv1483696938"><table border="0" cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;" vAlign="top"><div>(Special for me.) Plus a tidbit for my trouble, and whatever Cooper Music or some other firm wants for picking it up and keeping it until you can retrieve it.<wbr><wbr>CALL if interested, please.<wbr>(706) 351-7817</div></td></tr></tbody></table>            <div id="yiv1483696938_origMsg_">
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                            Euphonious Thumpe &lt;lclgcnp@yahoo.com&gt;;                            <br>
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                            [pianotech] More on the M&amp;H screw-stringer.                            <br>
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                                        <td style="font: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;" vAlign="top"><table border="0" cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;" vAlign="top"><div>     It's actually in Atlanta and you can see pics of it on the Atlanta craigslist, for only $150. I put "dibs" on it because it seemed like a very good deal, and I could have an Atlanta firm pick it up and store it until you could get it, or bring it here to my shop in Athens if you promised to retrieve it very soon, or were interested in some of my other for-sale inventory, such as:<wbr><wbr>  2 matching, ornate, "Eastlake", 3-bridge, 57" Knabe uprights ( from early 1890's-- a model called on this list "the best upright ever made" by some members, a few years back). With them comes an astonishing <wbr>(sorry, just 1) matching, mechanical, "Eastlake" piano chair with a
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 ornate, rosewood,1899 Knabe upright with a fretwork-over-silk front.<wbr><wbr> 1 5'2" Mathushek grand with (count
 'em!) FIVE hardwood posts running perpendicular to the belly rail!!!<wbr><wbr> 1  5'7" Conover model 77 grand.<wbr><wbr>  1  5'8" Chickering Ampico reproducer (1920) with 600 rolls, about 400 of them Ampico rolls, mostly recuts.<wbr><wbr>All pianos are guaranteed good-to-excellent rebuild stock, and certified mouse-house FREE!<wbr><wbr>Thumpe<wbr>(706) 351-7817<wbr><wbr></div></td></tr></tbody></table>            <div id="yiv1483696938_origMsg_">
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                            Euphonious Thumpe &lt;lclgcnp@yahoo.com&gt;;                            <br>
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                            [pianotech] Who wants an ornate, screw-stringer Mason and Hamlin upright located in Athens, Georgia?                            <br>
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                            David Weiss &lt;davidweiss@embarqmail.com&gt;;                            <br>
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                            Re: [pianotech] Slightly OT: Movie recommendation                            <br>
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 Behalf<br>Of David Love<br>Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 2:53 PM<br>To: <a href="" rel="nofollow">pianotech@ptg.org</a><br>Subject: [pianotech] Slightly OT: Movie recommendation<br><br>For a good movie which parallels to our own commitment to craft see "Jiro<br>Dreams of Sushi"&nbsp; <br><br>David Love<br><a href="http://www.davidlovepianos.com/" target="_blank" saprocessedanchor="true" original_target="http://www.davidlovepianos.com">http://www.davidlovepianos.com/</a><br><br><br><br><br></td>
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