<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2719.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial = size=2>Terry Farrell wrote;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><BR>I only had a couple hours before they were going to use it for rehearsal. Thank God I had super glue and duct tape! I pitch-raised it = to A440, tuned it, filed the hammers, shimmed the action frame for hammer = alignment, roughed up the hammer tails to make most of them check. Added a little = drop to some just so they would not double strike. That was all I had time for. = This thing needed a good 200 hours of work - at least.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    You must be a very = efficient worker to get all that done in two hours, Terry. I would definately look = at this as an opportunity to show your stuff and earn some good money. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    One thing, next time = you're pushed for time, instead of roughing up the hammer tails, look at the backchecks, if they look a little worn down, sometimes it's quicker to = take some 220 paper and drag it straight up towards you, like you're gang filling. = Makes 'em look almost new, and takes about three minutes for the whole set. = Just don't get too carried away. Sometimes that's all they need. </FONT><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>