<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>We got a Yamaha spinet in trade at = our shop a few weeks ago, I'd guess it's 25 years old or so.  My first = reaction was JUNK IT!  (Not that junking it was even close to possible... we had = a Grand Co. spinet around for over a year with a broken = plate...) </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>But upon further inspection, it's = not a bad piano.  It looks to have been very well made.  Nice = soundboard, nice bridges, decent action,  the only thing wrong was the tuning pins = were loose.  (We're trying out the CA treatment on this one, just to see = how it goes.  So far, so good.)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>The point was that despite being = ugly, and having loose tuning pins, I was actually impressed at how well it was = put together.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Just a thought...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Best to all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Brian Trout</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Quarryville, = Pa.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>