<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=Windows-1252"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=406281123-30072004><FONT face=Arial>Ancient = Chickering 1/4-grand. Original hammers, I believe. Some tails split from drying = out. Backcheck buckskin worn, flat, and indented. Many hammers bobbling = double striking. Fixed <EM>all of them</EM> within 5 minutes using a = "tool" on my little bitty Swiss Army penknife!</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=406281123-30072004><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=406281123-30072004><FONT face=Arial>What and how?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan R. = Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=2>---<BR> Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.<BR> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).<BR> Version: 6.0.730 / Virus Database: 485 - Release Date: 07/28/2004<BR> </FONT> </P>