an e-mail I received about pianos

[Avery]

IMO, any e-mail you receive that says anything 
about "african" in it, DELETE IT! Especially if you didn't request it!!!!!

Avery

At 04:16 PM 4/22/2006, you wrote:
>I received an interesting e-mail today.  Did 
>everyone receive this e-mail or just me?  I've 
>never even heard of this.  If not, then these 
>folks must have found me on an online ad I had 
>promoting  my piano tuning.  What do you guys 
>think?  I'm not a dealer, but maybe someone out there is and has heard of this.
>
>  PAPAVO                       PAPAVO                             PAPAVO
>
>WE ARE LOOKING FOR A PARTNER-DEALER TO SELL IN TH USA BALAFONS
>
>BALAFON IS AFRICAN PIANO ,ORGAN,
>
>BALAFON IS THE ONLY AFRICAN KEYBOARD,IT EXISTE HERE SINCE SOME
>THOUSANDS YEARS
>
>DELIVRY ON ADRESS INDICATED
>
>FREE SHIPING
>
>WHOLESALE : 200 USD FOR ONE
>
>RETAIL   :  400 USD FOR ONE
>
>Remarque : message transféré en pièce jointe.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:greyco at kingston.net>Owen Greyling
>To: <mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>pianotech at ptg.org
>Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 6:49 AM
>Subject: pin block repacement
>
>Hello list,
>
>I have a question regarding a procedure for 
>removing a Hardman pin block. I have replaced 
>blocks before, but this one appears to have been 
>installed using a slightly different technique. 
>While being doweled and glued to the inner rim 
>shelf, there is also a mortise or rabbet under 
>the stretcher that the pin block material is let 
>into. The veneer on the front of the stretcher 
>at each end, leads me to suspect that the block 
>/ stretcher were originally installed as a unit. 
>Not really wanting to remove the stretcher, I’m 
>wondering if I could simply cut the block out in 
>the normal fashion (router and big bit), leaving 
>the part of the old block that is under the 
>stretcher intact and gluing the new block to 
>that. This is complicated by the presence of a 
>large cove cut in the bottom of the block / 
>stretcher for fallboard clearance.  I’m hoping 
>that some one has done this before, and can 
>offer a procedure that has worked in the past.
>
>Thanks for any help at all,
>
>Owen (Kingston, Ontario, Canada)
>
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