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FAMILY=SANSSERIF><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original
Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> Tvak@aol.com
[mailto:Tvak@aol.com<span class=GramE>] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent</span></b></span><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>:</span></b> </span></font><st1:date =
Month="3" Day="14"
Year="2004"><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Tahoma'>Sunday, March 14, 2004</span></font></st1:date><font size=2
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</span></font><st1:time
Hour="8" Minute="41"><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma'>8:41 AM</span></font></st1:time><font size=2 =
face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> pianotech@ptg.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: Kimball La =
Petite</span></font></p>
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</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Geneva><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Geneva;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Tom <span
class=SpellE>Sivak</span> wrote:</span></font><font size=2 =
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Arial;color:black'><br>
<br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Another unusual thing =
about this
LaPetite: there was a gap of at least an inch between the =
stretcher and
the plate which was shimmed with 4 pieces of plywood at three points =
along the
gap. I do tune two other LaPetites and I never noticed anything like =
this, and
I think I would have noticed. I don't believe this was done in the
factory, due to the irregular shapes of the plywood shims. They =
look like
they were put in there in haste. <br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span></font><font =
size=2 color=navy
face=Geneva><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Geneva;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color=navy
face=Geneva><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Geneva;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:navy'>Of course Kimball was well known for the extra time =
and
effort they put into their pianos ;-)</span></font><font size=2 =
face=Geneva><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Geneva;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>=
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I serviced one of these once for a
customer after I had specifically advised her against the purchase. The =
dealer
was footing the bill for her first tuning, and after I had finished it =
she
asked for my opinion of her new piano. I thought for a moment and then =
replied “This
piano exhibits the kind of quality for which Kimball products are well =
known.”
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Try doing that with a =
straight face!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>- Mark<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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