<!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 6.00.2900.2180" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sort of looks like a Halloween picture...........piano bones.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tune4@earthlink.net = href="mailto:tune4@earthlink.net">Paul Chick (Earthlink)</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:Pianotech@Ptg.Org">Pianotech@Ptg.Org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 08, 2004 = 6:57 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> FW: Subject: Prize = Winning Worn Out Piano Keys -!!!</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN = class=283175411-08102004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><FONT face=Tahoma = color=#000000>A</FONT> chapter member  sent  this photo to me.  It's hard to imagine = playing this piano.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN = class=283175411-08102004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN = class=283175411-08102004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Paul C</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV></FONT></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><B>Subject:</B> Prize Winning Worn Out Piano = Keys -!!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>These are keys from a piano that was = recently "traded-in" and </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>promptly hauled to the dump.  It = obviously took many years </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>of playing to wear down the = sharps and wear holes this deeply </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>into the natural keys.  It = is very likely that the person who </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>played this piano wore = "porcelain" glue-on fingernail </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>covers </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>which are truly "hard-as-nails" = and very abrasive to ANY type </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>of keyboard covering.  = One-or-two glissandos across the keys </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>with "porcelain" nail covers can = hopelessly scratch new keys. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you look at the picture you can = </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>actually see grooves in the </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>wood which are the same shape = </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>as the fingernails. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>D.P.K.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial = size=2>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P> <HR> <P></P>_______________________________________________<BR>pianotech = list info: = https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HT= ML>