<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=350514304-10022000>Jon,</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=350514304-10022000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN = class=350514304-10022000>It worked for you. Cool! This gives me hope. Thanks much.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN = class=350514304-10022000> <P><FONT size=2>Best regards,<BR><BR>John Formsma<BR>Blue Mountain, MS<BR><BR></FONT></P></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=3><BR><BR>Actually the key bed becomes the = hand-hold when the piano is inverted.<BR>Place papers on the floor for security, = pads also, you don't want the old finish<BR>to rub into the carpet if it is = dried out.<BR><BR>Remove/tie-up the prop stick!<BR><BR>I did this just this = week with good results.  Other questionable 'techs' have recommended <BR>restringing but I pointed out the lack of tone due to the dead = sounding board and<BR>all the brass flanges cracking at the pin lines (Chickering).<BR><BR>She was grateful for my not leading her down the = garden path to disappointment.<BR><BR>I'll be able to sell her a decent used = piano soon with the money I saved her  :-)<BR><BR>Got = CA?<BR><BR></FONT><BR> <DIV>Jon Page,   piano technician</DIV> <DIV>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net" = EUDORA="AUTOURL">mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net</A></DIV>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~= ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>