Thanks for all the posts confirming my feelings about these beasts. I am thankful for not running into them more often than I do. And to eliminate future conspiracies from developing, I will henceforth scramble all messages pertaining to these *$#@(%*&+ in future posts. Mark Potter bases-loaded@juno.com On Sat, 12 Feb 2000 11:50:13 EST JIMRPT@AOL.COM writes: > I agree with Conrad and Ron that MUST be a conspiracy out > there..................... > > I had two appts this AM and the first was a > "birdcage".....beautiful case, > zilch on the insides, action shot, pins too loose to hold even a > minimal > tuning............ > > The second call was a brand 'anon' console which happens to be the > same > brand as a new grand that I am prepping for a > dealer................I have > been giving the dealer a hard time about the tuning qualities of > this > thingee, somewhat unjustifiably but he is so easy to poke fun at > :-),..................Well I don't know how he managed to arrange > these two > appts for me but with the birdcage and the brand 'anon' console > 'from hell' > he must have arranged it somehow !!!!!! > > CFH was about ten years old needed a pitch raise, strings wouldn't > render > properly, pins were so tight that I was actually worried about > snapping some > off at the becket hole !!!!!! > > All I can say is that it must be a conspiracy and/or conspiracies > that > caused this to happen..........or it could be just the dragon > telling me to > behave myself :-) > Jim Bryant (FL)
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