> could not get it up to the absolutely correct pitch for fear he would
> break a lot of strings. (They are the strings that were in there in 1957
> when my mother bought it.)  He said that it was about "20 cents off"

Hi John,

Get another tuner. 20cents off is less than 1/4 tone flat.  This guy is
just too lazy to pull it up, requiring 2 tunings; 1 pitch raising, 1
tuning. If a few strings break, so what; replace them. You need someone
competent, not someone where everything is a chore.

Send me the serial # (it's on the tuning pin area) and I can give you
the manufacturing date.

P.S. John's e-mail address is not correct?

 [ Editor's Note:
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 [ I'm looking into John's e-mail problem.

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Jon Page¶
Cape Cod. Mass¶
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