<html><body> <DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I sat in front of it, but the piano bench didn't even go with the piano , and it was broke, so I had to be careful not to move my 178 pound frame too much or I would have been on the floor. a cement floor.  That anoys me when thrift stores sell pianos. Why are benches always missing or they'll put an ugly bench or something that doesn't even go with it.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I'm curious, is $550 hight for baby grand needing action regulation, repairs, possible restringing, perhaps sound board issues as I heard a buzzing on the c 3 I believe, and loose tuning pins, I mean realllll looooose. I barely touched one and it went way way way out.  It wass baad. It was a sometihing brothers, lauphman or someting from Williams town, williams something NJ.  ;)  The prints too hard for this vision impaired guy to read.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Marshall</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>ps. Id love to have tha told piano to learn how to redo, and then sell it for $1,000 or more.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message -------------- <BR>From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> <BR> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now why is that hard to picture? I don't get kinky with the piano, although there is a certain amount of intimacy involved - especially with those that respond in a meaningful way to my manipulation. It's just a simple description of how I sit to tune a grand piano high treble section.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've only watched one other guy tune a grand piano - and I don't remember how he approached the high treble. Where do others sit while tuning the high treble?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now you've got me curious....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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>I'm trying to picture this...:-)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Davis, RPT</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>Terry wrote:</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>[snip]  ...<FONT face=Arial> I sit on the side of the piano, typically with the right front piano leg between my knees </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></body></html>