<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Hi list,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Serviced an older Baldwin SF 7' grand the other day = and in the high tenor and treble where the strings pass under the v bar there were individual metal sleds that each group of strings passed through.  = On the far side of the sled there was a metal button hanging down.  One = was close enough to the strings to make a slight rattle under a heavy blow.  = I don't think the strings were pressing on the v bar, it looked like the sleds = were functioning in that manner.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>To tell you the truth, I didn't really take a close = inspection of these things I just wanted out of the house as fast as I could.  = The customer met me at the door with a cigarette going and she had three = dogs inside.  Besides the cig. smoke, the place smelled like a = kennel.  The piano was filthy, so after three hours of cleaning and tuning with the = customer sitting behind me smoking constantly, a had a raging sinus infection = with a headache.  My sinus' still aren't right after 5 = days.</FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Can anybody enlighten me about these = sleds?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Plus, when this customer calls me back for the next = tuning, I'm contemplating saying that do to health reasons I can't work in the environment of their home.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Anybody ever do this before?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Comments and suggestion are deeply = appreciated.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Sincerely sniffling,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Doug Mahard, Associate</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>