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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=davner@kaosol.net href="mailto:davner@kaosol.net">Dave =
Nereson</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> June 10, 2003 9:21 =
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> somewhat OT -- =
Steinway
trivia</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black">>>From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
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title=fordpiano@earthlink.net
href="mailto:fordpiano@earthlink.net">Phillip Ford</A>
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title=pianotech@ptg.org
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<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial">>>Sent:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Friday, June 06, 2003 =
12:52
PM<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial">>>Subject:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Re: OT Olde =
Aeroplanes</SPAN></P>
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4.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> Also during the war they made =
the Steinway
Victory model upright, or the ODGI (Olive Drab Government Issue) field =
piano,
“a 40-inch upright that sat flat on the floor, with no legs, looking =
like a
box with a shelf sticking out. ... This 500-pound piano was =
transported in its
own special olive-green packing case, with handles that made it easy =
for four
soldiers to carry. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The =
case
included a set of tuning tools, a book of instructions, sheet music =
(ranging
from Protestant hymns to advanced boogie-woogie), and some spare
parts.”</FONT></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>I saw one of these stripped for =
refinishing
some years back. Can't understand why the owner wanted to remove that =
wonderful
olive-drab paint, but there you go.... Under all the paint was a very =
nice,
highly figured walnut veneer.</FONT></P>
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