<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=518424722-29082003><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=518424722-29082003><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=518424722-29082003><FONT face=Arial size=2>This = reminds me of something that happened to me last week.  The lady said that she = had lost a ring in her grand piano.  She and her son had even removed the = action to look.  It had been two or three months, and she had given up.  = She had seen me remove the action a few times for work before.  So she = thought they could do it.  I also removed the action and didn't find the = ring.  Then I happened to think...and removed the music desk guide mount on the = right side.  The ring was lying between the plate and the rim.  Such = shouts of joy, I've never heard from a client!  The ring was a 1 1/2 carat = diamond that had been her mother's.  Almost needless to say, she insisted = on overpaying in spite of my protests!  She's been a good client for years.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=518424722-29082003><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=518424722-29082003><FONT face=Arial = size=2>Perhaps your IPAQ stylus will yet be found!  :)</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=518424722-29082003><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=518424722-29082003><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ray</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=518424722-29082003><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=518424722-29082003> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial = size=2>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR>Ray T. Bentley, RPT<BR>Registered Piano Tuner-Technician<BR>Alton, IL<BR><A href="mailto:ray@bentley.net"><FONT color=#000000>ray@bentley.net</FONT></A><BR><A href="http://www.ray.bentley.net/"><FONT color=#000000>www.ray.bentley.net</FONT></A></FONT></DIV></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=518424722-29082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=518424722-29082003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff = size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr = align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On = Behalf Of </B>Alan<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 29, 2003 5:37 PM<BR><B>To:</B> = Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Black Holes in = Pianos<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=523483122-29082003><FONT face=Arial>Dropped the = little stylus doohickey from my iPAQ  through the strings (5th octave) on an = old Chickering quarter grand.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=523483122-29082003><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=523483122-29082003><FONT face=Arial>It has = disappeared into another dimension, apparently. No where was it to be found in the = action, the key frame, the key bed, on the floor, the damper tray and monkey's = etc. I searched for that thing for OVER TWO HOURS.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=523483122-29082003><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=523483122-29082003><FONT face=Arial>Everything in = works just fine. No foreign object interfering with with piano action ... </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=523483122-29082003><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=523483122-29082003><FONT face=Arial>. . . . . . . = . . . .       "Am I on Candid Camera?"</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan R. = Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV><BR> <P><FONT size=2>---<BR>Outgoing mail is certified Virus = Free.<BR>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).<BR>Version: 6.0.512 / = Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 8/19/2003<BR></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>