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<DIV><FONT size=3>I wouldn't fret too much over your piano. Your grand =
should
have some potential. The results from a good round of tone =
building,
action regulating and tuning just might surprise you and get you in the =
ballpark
of the teacher's piano. ;-)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=piano57@flash.net href="mailto:piano57@flash.net">Barbara =
Richmond</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 20, 2004 =
1:40
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Betsy Ross =
Spinet</DIV>
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<DIV>Well, it *could* be that budding musicians would have been turned =
off,
but if there is really that drive or passion to play, even a =
spinet in
reasonable repair would do--for a while, anyway. No, it's =
not
ideal, but talent combined with the passion to play is hard to
stop. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Of course, there's always the claim, "Our piano sounds different =
than the
piano teacher's piano!" I laugh at that now, not only because =
I'm a tech
and know there can be lots of reasons for the difference in sound, but =
also
because we're the ones with the Steinway grand and the teacher =
has the
Yamaha console........(sort of reminds me of coming off of maternity =
leave and
practicing tuning my Steinway to get ready to go out and tune a =
Kimball
spinet.)</DIV>
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<DIV>Barbara Richmond, RPT</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>