<!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 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>I meant that a bit tongue in cheek.  Had just = tuned a Boston that day--what an awful sounding piano it was.  Now there's = a set of hammers cut from a quarry.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>David Love</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Maxpiano@AOL.COM = href="mailto:Maxpiano@AOL.COM">Maxpiano@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> July 18, 2002 7:59 = PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Interesting Piano = Belly - Mehlin Grand</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>David, definitely!  Gone was that sickly, whiney tone color.  Bill Maxim<BR><BR>In a message dated 7/17/02 11:02:31 AM Eastern Daylight = Time, <BR><A = href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.n= et</A> writes:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">Did he notice any improvement?</FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000000 = size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">David Love</FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000000 = size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR><BR>----- Original Message ----- = <BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial = color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff = 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:Maxpiano@AOL.COM">Maxpiano@AOL.COM</A> = <BR><B>To:</B> <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> = <BR><B>Sent:</B> July 17, 2002 12:48 AM<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Interesting Piano = Belly - Mehlin Grand<BR><BR><BR>A customer of mine inherited one of = these.  The tone was very disappointing all over, not just in the "killer" = octave.  He finally tired of it and bought a new = Boston.</FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=arial = color=#000000 size=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR><BR>Bill Maxim, = RPT<BR>Maxim Piano Service<BR>Columbia, SC<BR>wmaxim@aol.com (for personal reply)<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>