<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=UTF-8 http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charse= t=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2730.1700" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 11/21/2003 6:50:01 AM Pacific Standard Time, pianobu= ilders@olynet.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN= -LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>ct:</B> 1876 Knabe grand with screw in da= mpers</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040> <FONT size=3><ST= RONG>List </STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3><STRONG>  = It must be my month for old relics.First an 1880 bechstein, 1870 9 ft steinw= ay ugh. </STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3><STRONG>  = However I just took in this amazingly well preseved piano for some ligh= t rebuilding. ie. strings ,shanks hammers, dampers etc. The board and bridge= s in remarkably good condition with power & sustain. The down size is th= at it has the screw in damper wires & I must remove them to string = & replace the felt. What does one do other than spending half a day unsr= ewing the bloomin thingees?</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3> &= nbsp; Dale</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040 size=3></FONT>= </STRONG> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3>One tak= es one's wire cutters and one cuts the bloody things off. Then one makes a n= ew tray and gets rid of the things.</FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3></FONT>=  </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3>Del</FO= NT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000040>    = Thanks for the imense help.grin Hope I can reciprocate sometime</FONT></DIV= ></BODY></HTML>