<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=windows-1250"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=927001401-12042005><FONT face=Arial>Tuning one of = the many Hamilton studios in my area and got to wondering...</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=927001401-12042005><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=927001401-12042005><FONT face=Arial>I've never = liked the sound of the things because they are whiney and many low tenor and treble = unisons just don't get very "clean." So I did a few little checks: = Yep, hammers off center, strings at different heights (or hammers hitting = obliquely or misshapen), bridge seating not great, etc.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=927001401-12042005><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=927001401-12042005><FONT = face=Arial>Question: Did any of you folks every really work over one of these things--you know, a real = good repair, regulation, and voicing job like one might do on a nice rebuilt = grand, 'frinstance?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=927001401-12042005><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=927001401-12042005><FONT face=Arial>In other words, = we know they are the Humvees of pianos for churches and schools and all, but = could there also be a real musical instrument lurking in there, somewhere? I wonder ...</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=927001401-12042005></SPAN><SPAN = class=927001401-12042005><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=927001401-12042005></SPAN><FONT face=Arial = size=2>Alan R. Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=2>--<BR> No virus found in this outgoing message.<BR> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.<BR> Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.6 - Release Date: = 04/11/2005<BR> </FONT> </P>