<!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 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: left 0px; SCROLLBAR-FACE-COLOR: #ebeaea; = FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 5px 10px 10px; SCROLLBAR-HIGHLIGHT-COLOR: = #aeaaaa; SCROLLBAR-SHADOW-COLOR: #a9a9a9; COLOR: #532900; = SCROLLBAR-3DLIGHT-COLOR: #e5e5e5; SCROLLBAR-ARROW-COLOR: #0846d1; = BACKGROUND-REPEAT: no-repeat; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; = SCROLLBAR-DARKSHADOW-COLOR: #545252" text=#532900 vLink=#006f00 aLink=#006f00 link=#006f00 = bgProperties=fixed bgColor=#eff1dc = background=cid:001101c3edd5$73a97c10$20bf4943@richmond2zrxmt scroll=yes SIGCOLOR="30975" ORGYPOS="0"> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>So, if the piano never goes out of = tune, why did she call you?  :-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Barbara Richmond, RPT</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Peoria, IL</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mmrr6596@bigpond.net.au = href="mailto:mmrr6596@bigpond.net.au">Robin Stevens</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 07, = 2004 4:06 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Odd tuning = system</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <TABLE id=INCREDIMAINTABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 = width="100%" border=0><TBODY> <TR> <TD id=INCREDITEXTREGION style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; = PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; CURSOR: auto; PADDING-TOP: 0px" vAlign=top width="100%"> <DIV>Hello Michael...Thanks for the info, although I do not = plan to break a string there is nothing like being prepared!!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I will take photos if any strings break.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This piano was bought from Canada  to South Australia = in September last year.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> The customer kept telling me that THIS piano never = goes out of tune!!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>When I saw the piano and the tuning system I knew that some = unscrupulous</DIV> <DIV>restorer had taken this lady for a ride. The sound board =  had more cracks in it that a out house dunny wall.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I suppose the *never goes out of tune* pitch was part of = the sales routine.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Robin</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV id=IncrediOriginalMessage> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD id=INCREDIFOOTER width="100%"> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="100%"></TD> <TD id=INCREDISOUND vAlign=bottom align=middle></TD> <TD id=INCREDIANIM vAlign=bottom = align=middle></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></BLOC= KQUOTE></BODY></HTML>