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<BR>On my first call this morning, I drove to a nice house in a nice, quiet <BR>neighborhood. It was a classically designed, sandstone house. Inside it was <BR>tastefully decorated with hardwood floors and contrasting rugs. The piano <BR>was a 42" Console with a finish that seemed to fit the other decor. It made <BR>itself be part of the whole living room scheme.
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<BR>As I opened the piano, I saw that it was in good shape and looked up the <BR>serial number. It was built in 1964, making this year it's 37th. The <BR>hammers were perfectly aligned, there was no lost motion, it played well and <BR>had a nice round and full tone. It was just a little out of tune with the <BR>season.
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<BR>I finished tuning it in a little less than 45 minutes and complimented the <BR>people on their nice piano. They were happy to hear my remarks and said that <BR>they enjoyed it too. They added that their son was taking lessons, played <BR>every day and that they were enjoying the music he was making more and more <BR>all the time.
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<BR>Inside, I found and old tag that was still there from the days it was on the <BR>showroom floor. There were two quotes on it: "Quality is not inspected into <BR>our pianos, it is BUILT into them!" and "Where imagination and engineering <BR>work wonders with wood".
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<BR>Anyone want to guess the brand name of this little gem?
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<BR>Bill Bremmer RPT
<BR>Madison, Wisconsin</FONT></HTML>