<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=windows-1250"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><SPAN class=765013701-17032005><FONT face=Arial>Here's the kind = of crap I get to play with all too often:</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=765013701-17032005><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=765013701-17032005><FONT face=Arial>Ancient BBUBIIBUWBHAABUBBATFAABTIY (Big Beautiful Upright But Inside It's Butt = Ugly With Bubbling Hammers And A Bunged Up Bass Bridge And Totally Filthy And = Ain't Been Tuned In Years)</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=765013701-17032005><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=765013701-17032005><FONT face=Arial>Sitting in a = metal building that is heated/cooled one evening a week--sign over door says "Little = Branson Theater."</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=765013701-17032005><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=765013701-17032005><FONT face=Arial>"Can you please = come tune it before Saturday? We're having a show!" </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=765013701-17032005><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=765013701-17032005><FONT face=Arial>Well, isn't = that just special! And, no foolin' now, that shore IS an emergency, yessirree ... </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=765013701-17032005><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=765013701-17032005><FONT face=Arial>Anyway many = hammers bububububbling. Lost motion not bad, letoff kinda okay, checking not = very good, etc., etc., etc.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=765013701-17032005><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=765013701-17032005><FONT face=Arial>But the fix was = easy and quick. Think about worn parts, the general untidiness of these old = beaters, and basic upright geometry...</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=765013701-17032005><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=765013701-17032005><FONT face=Arial>Any takers?</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan R. = Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=2>--<BR> Internal Virus Database is out-of-date.<BR> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.<BR> Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.1 - Release Date: = 03/09/2005<BR> </FONT> </P>