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<div><font size="2">&nbsp; &nbsp;At Vanderbilt, a 1938 Baldwin L, donated in some distress years ago, is the &quot;Cage&quot; piano. &nbsp;When a student simply must go all avante-gard on us, we point them towards that one and don&#39;t worry about it.&nbsp;<br>
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From: Ron Nossaman &lt;rnossaman@cox.net&gt;<br>
To: pianotech &lt;pianotech@ptg.org&gt;<br>
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Subject: Re: [pianotech] prepared frickin&#39; piano, etc.<br>
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<pre style="font-size:9pt;"><tt>On 2/19/2013 1:58 PM, Joseph Garrett wrote:

&gt; Hopefully, the &quot;player&quot;, (I&#39;ll not call him a
&gt; Pianist), will have to pay for them!

Operator.
Ron N
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