<HTML>In a message dated 5/5/03 1:43:38 PM Central Daylight = Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Don't know anything about a Sol= omon, but I do know it takes all kinds! I got a call from a lady this mornin= g that wants to give away her 1928 Vose &Sons 5' 8" grand piano. She say= s its apperance is good and all the keys work. Her last tooner said that bec= ause the soundboard was cracked, the piano could not be tuned! Yeah, right.<= BR> Anybody want a piano? Terry Farrell </BLOCKQUOTE> Don't be surprised that the tooner told her the pin block was cracked. But c= ustomers don't know from pin blocks. But they've heard that when a sound boa= rd is cracked the piano is worthless. So when the tooner said pin block, she= assume it to be the soundboard. In either case, it might be worth it to you to take the piano for nothing, r= eplace the pinblock, and sell it for a small profit. Wim </HTML>