<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello list</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yesterday I had, what I hope to be, my = very last contact with one of Eavestaff's most Inconsiderate Piano Designs. It's BACKWARDS!! The pedals and keyboard are in the usual place but... you = have to remove the BACK to get at the action, the tuning pins and the = strings....! Fortunately it has a short keyboard and the bicords of the top change to = single covered at about tenor 'C' and go on that way to the bottom note. The = keys actuate the levers via a "birdcage" of pull-ups and, of course, looked = at <EM>from</EM> the back the stringing is <EM>backwards</EM>! The metal = plate is <EM>backwards</EM> (in fact I could fantasize on converting it to a = mini-mini grand!) So I had to get my 'T' hammer and my Papps wedge in = there between the pull-ups and the hammers to tune the wretched thing = <EM>and</EM> try to hit the correct key. I wouldn't like to try using more than one wedge = on this beastie! The cabinet is flat topped and at the same level as the = keyboard. That should give some idea of its size. No - it is NOT a ships' piano - the = keyboard doesn't drop. I hate it already. It does have the most remarkable tone = though... Hate it. And it's wired for electric candelabras...!! Thank goodness = Eavestaff are no longer in business.... But we are left with these things - just = to annoy! It's all <EM>backwards....</EM> It belongs to a Spice Girl's papa. He's = great though and I'm talking him into changing the Eavestaff for a S&S = upright. Hopefully.  Hate it though... Hate it!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards to all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G = (UK)</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>