<!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 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE>@page Section1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 1.25in 1.0in = 1.25in; } P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } DIV.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } A:visited { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } P { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: = "Times New Roman" } SPAN.EmailStyle18 { COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial } DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 } </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US vLink=blue link=blue bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Using "Stanwoodized" and the phrase = "EXTREMELY heavy action" is a bit of an oxymoron. Please explain. How can this happen?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> </DIV> <DIV class=Section1> Concert = pianist and NEWBIE technician (since September of ’04) here.  Have been = lurking and learning tremendous amounts from great posts on this list for many = months, and have emailed and spoken with several of you privately.    I own an = M&H BB (#91577 - 2002) that I bought in Jan of 2004 which was supposed to be = my personal instrument for practice and recording.  I have not been satisfied with this instrument since purchase, and have spent a great = deal of time and money having work done on it, including new NY Steinway D = hammers, which did not help.  I now wish to sell the piano, as quickly as = possible (love/hate relationship with it – and the ‘hate’ has won = out).  I thought maybe someone on the list may be interested for themselves or for a client.  The piano came ‘Stanwoodized’, but with an EXTREMELY = heavy action that has been ‘tweaked’, but needs much attention.  I = think there is a truly great piano in there someplace, but it needs the eyes, ears = and hands of a far more skilled technician than me to achieve that.   Anyhow, I = am only asking $29K for it.  If anyone is interested, please email me = off-list and I can provide with the ‘sordid’ history of the = instrument.  My private email is below and in the header of course.  Thanks = everyone and it’s a pleasure to read all the informative posts to this list – I = feel like I know half of you intimately already!!!  Cheers.   <DIV> Thomas Maurice = (soon to be Associate member, Baltimore chapter) MCSE, MCSA, MCDBA, CCNA, CNA, CCA, B.S., M.M. tmaurice@verizon.net</DIV>  </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>