<HTML><HEAD> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Here is my 2 cents, others may be willing to spend more ...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Getting rid of a Wurlitzer Spinet? Great idea.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Storing body parts from dead, crummy little pianos? Not me.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>I will plunder good ivories, good (like they used to make 'em) screws and other occasional hardware parts), maybe the pedal dowel rods and some other wood (if it seems useful and not hard to extract).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Anything you save has to be labelled and stored; <EM>99.999 percent of which you will never use</EM>. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Unless you have some very unusual parts, almost anything can be replaced with new. Chickerings tended to have some one-of-a-kind parts because they were very experimental over the years. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Steinway rails, whippens, brackets, keys?  Yeah, maybe--although few Steinways are junked, per se. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Wurlitzer spinet? Make a little computer desk out of it or have a weenie roast and invite the whole fire department.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Alan Barnard</DIV> <DIV>Salem, Missouri</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=toddpianoworks@yahoo.com href="mailto:toddpianoworks@yahoo.com">Matthew Todd</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 05/24/2005 6:58:01 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Wurlitzer Spinet</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV>I have a friend who wants to get rid of a Wurlitzer Spinet.  I already took a look at it.  I was thinking I can use it to stock a good supply of spare parts.  Would this be a good thing to do for myself?  If so, what exactly would you all recommend I stock?  (Hammer heads, whippens, etc.)?  Or are there only certain parts I should take?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks!<BR>Matthew</DIV> <P> <HR SIZE=1> Do You Yahoo!?<BR>Yahoo! Small Business - <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=31637/*http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/">Try our new Resources site!</A> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>