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Susan Kline <skline@peak.org>; <br>
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<font face="Courier New, Courier, monospace">You keep calling them
Grand "spinets" but if you look at the decal, they are "artist
consoles"! <br>
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When I saw that with one eye and the drop action with the other eye, I
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instead of "Grand", they should be called "Lying Bastards." <br>
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Grand brand spinets, but definitely in the same family tree.
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 8:37 AM, Terry
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<div style="">Impressive key. Perhaps someone at the factory
thought the bottom was the top and cut the oval? BTW, what kind of
wood is that? Doesn't look like spruce or basswood or poplar - looks
more like mahogany or luan or something of that sort. I'm sure I've run
across a Kincaid spinet in my wanderings - but I honestly can't say I
remember :-). Are they as lovely as the "Grand" spinet (not the
spinet grand)?</div>
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