Paul, next time, pictures! Barbara Richmond ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Mulik" <tubist at swbell.net> To: "piano" <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 12:01 PM Subject: The piano that betrayed Goldfinger > Hello list, > > I went to tune an old Cable grand today at a little country church. The > pastor had told me over the phone the day before that a ballpoint pen had > recently fallen down into the action, and asked if I could remove it while > I > was there. > > When I pulled out the action, I was surprised to see that it had been > covered in paint -- GOLD paint. Someone had obviously re-whatevered the > action at some point, and decided to put a finishing touch on the job by > spray-painting the entire action, keys and all (except for the hammers, > which appeared to be original, and the new keytops). I wonder what would > possess anyone to do such a thing? > > Paul Mulik > >
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