<!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 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ray</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was given a lever similar to the one = you are describing by my mentor who said it belonged to his father. "Dad" used = it in the 1860's and later. I'm not really sure of the dates. Mine has a fixed = handle and threaded tips of different lengths for tuning square grands. The pin = holes are at right angles to each other to aid lever placement during = tuning.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Paul Chick</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:Ray@Bentley.net" title=Ray@Bentley.net>Ray T. = Bentley</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, August 04, 2001 = 7:10 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Today's Unusual = Find</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Hi, List!</DIV> <DIV>Does anyone have a clue to its age, or manufacturer?  There = is no name anywhere on it.  If anyone would like a picture, perhaps I = could do one sometime with my digital camera and send it to you = privately.  Would it be of interest to anyone to see at a convention display?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>BTW, the piano owner offered it to me when I asked her if I could = take a picture of it!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ray T. Bentley, RPT<BR>Alton, IL<BR><A href="mailto:Ray@Bentley.net">Ray@Bentley.net</A><BR><A href="http://www.ray.bentley.net">www.ray.bentley.net</A></DIV> <DIV>The difficult I do right away; the impossible takes a little longer!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>