<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 6/7/02 12:36:48 AM !!!First Boot!!!, ssclabr8@flash.net writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I just got a call to come over and tune/inspect a Cunningham baby grand. I'm relatively new to the business and haven't run across this name before. The owner got it from someone free of charge. I asked her how it sounded and she said she wasn't sure because she was tone deaf (this should be a real fun visit!)</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">
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<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">She did say it looked very old and she knew that it hadn't been tuned in years. Anybody heard of this make? Anything I should watch out for?</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">
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<BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Thanks,</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">
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<BR>Be prepared for a basket case. Nothing against the brand name, because it doesn't ring a bell, although I have probably tuned a couple over the last 25 years. But the fact that they got it free, and that they are tone deaf, gives me reason to believe that this is a piece of furniture on three legs, and probably not a pretty piece of furniture at that.
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<BR>Good luck
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<BR>Wim
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