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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Called to a magnificently and beautifully =
refinished 1890
B. Shoninger upright (serial 12373). What a work of art. Many quality =
features
evident in the design of the action, etc.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Too bad the soundboard is all cracked =
up.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Too bad the hammers are shot.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Too bad mice have chewed up several keybuttons. =
(Isn't
that agnawing!)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Too bad the action is so worn and =
fragile.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Too bad the strings are totally =
rusted.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Too bad the pinblock has only 10-20 inch-lbs
torque</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Too bad some tooner "completely rebuilt" this =
piano for
the owner's mother about five years ago (He did replace the flat damper =
felts,
rest rail felt, and 8 hammer-butts, apparently).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Too bad he (or someone) turned all the front =
rail pins
about 30 degrees to compensate (?) for the slop in the =
slots.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>This is the second time I've been called to a =
piano AFTER
they have labored long and hard to restore the case ... only to find the =
guts
are mess.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Now I know what that thread on condemning pianos =
was all
about. It was painful to pronounce PSO on this one. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Alan Barnard</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Upright Undertaker from Salem,
MO</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>