<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 9/6/2001 11:17:22 PM Central Daylight Time,
<BR>nhunt@optonline.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">Ask yourself this. Does this piano stay in tune well? Has it stood the
<BR>test of
<BR>time? Will it collapse tomorrow at 10:00 pm to scare you to death?
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<BR>Newton,
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<BR>No, this piano has not stood the test of time. I wonder if the condition of
<BR>the pinblock is indicative of an unstable structure constantly going out of
<BR>tune, needing more tunings and greater pitch adjustments each time than one
<BR>would normally expect. The last owner inherited the piano many years ago and
<BR>didn't know any of its history.
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<BR>Thanks for the input.
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<BR>Andrew Remillard</FONT></HTML>