<!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 face=Arial size=2>Hi Patrick,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for the reply.  My request = was a little open ended on purpose.  Sometime this week, a rather large Sohmer = with the different bridge configuration and a fancy case will be showing up on my = shop floor.  I've been asked to do a thorough rebuilding estimate, and = then advise the client.  Having never even tuned a piano like this, I = was hoping to stir some firmly held positions, either pro or con, that we in = this business are known to develop and hold.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm quite confident that the piano will = benefit from a new board, but unsure as to whether a normal bridge is in order.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If anybody else has an opinion, I'm all = ears....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thankyou, Owen.</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=draine@mediaone.net href="mailto:draine@mediaone.net">J = Patrick Draine</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>Cc:</B> <A = title=draine@mediaone.net href="mailto:draine@mediaone.net">J Patrick Draine</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 05, 2002 = 7:07 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Sohmer </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>On Monday, March 4, 2002, at 07:13 PM, Owen J. Greyling = RPT wrote:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE><?fontfamily><?param = Arial><?smaller>List,<?/smaller><?/fontfamily><BR><?fontfamily><?param = Arial><?smaller>Has anybody had experience with a Sohmer piano with agraffes on the long = bridge?<?/smaller><?/fontfamily><BR><?fontfamily><?param = Arial><?smaller>Thankyou,<?/smaller><?/fontfamily><BR><?fontfamily><?para= m = Arial><?smaller>Owen.<?/smaller><?/fontfamily><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Tu= ning them? Sure. Rebuilding? Nope, not me.<BR><BR>Patrick Draine<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>