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                            Susan Kline &lt;skline@peak.org&gt;;                            <br>
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                            Re: [pianotech] pulley key...                            <br>
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<font face="Courier New, Courier, monospace">You keep calling them
Grand &quot;spinets&quot; but if you look at the decal, they are &quot;artist
consoles&quot;! <br>
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When I saw that with one eye and the drop action with the other eye, I
realized that <br>
instead of &quot;Grand&quot;, they should be called &quot;Lying Bastards.&quot; <br>
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Susan<br>
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Grand brand spinets, but definitely in the same family tree.&nbsp;
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  <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 8:37 AM, Terry
Farrell <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a rel="nofollow"
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    <div style="">Impressive key. Perhaps someone at the factory
thought the bottom was the top and cut the oval? &nbsp;BTW, what kind of
wood is that? Doesn&#39;t look like spruce or basswood or poplar - looks
more like mahogany or luan or something of that sort. I&#39;m sure I&#39;ve run
across a Kincaid spinet in my wanderings - but I honestly can&#39;t say I
remember &nbsp;:-). &nbsp;Are they as lovely as the &quot;Grand&quot; spinet (not the
spinet grand)?</div>
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