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<DIV>" Today, I was working on an old Baldwin grand (# 6030, I =
think)
and<BR>discovered<BR>> it had 6/0 pins! "</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wait til you run into a "piano" with =
7/0
pins!<G> I have one client with a Square Grand with such. The real =
problem, initially, was that I had forgotten to bring my "antique tools" =
to the
job. The job was about 40 miles up in the "puckerbrush", away from any
civiilization, and 60+ miles away from home! Yikes! Fortunately, =
they have
two pianos, so I tuned the one with regular tuning pins, etc. and made a =
"reschedule" for the 7/0 beast. Even with my "Antique #4 Tuning Tip", it =
was
just "lovely" trying to get a clean unison! grrrr! This sort of thing =
makes me
want to grab the perp by the throat and throttle the life out of them! =
End of
short rant.<G></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool
Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>