<html> <font size=3>At 06:10 PM 02/13/2000 -0500, you wrote:<br> <snip><br> > Well after all of this chat I should say simply that I've<br> >never played a square grand and if I did maybe I wouldn't have exercised my<br> >finger for the past 3 minutes :-))))  as usual I'm<br> ><br> >Michael in Orlando<br> > <br> <br> So I take it that you have not worked on one as well.<br> <br> Lying prostrate across the strings to tune, praying that a string does not break<br> or an action part; ending up with a fatigued back . . .<br> <br> There is a reason these instrument fell into disfavor.<br> <br> The last two I encountered have been turned into work tables.<br> And good ones at that.<br> <br> Regards,<br> <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> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ </html>