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Dates Hidden Inside the Instrument
By Rob Goodale

[ Niels Berkers wrote in 061210 MMDigest:

> I did have the idea of putting notes inside about where and when
> I bought the roll, with room on the note for others to write their
> name and date.  It would be nice to find a note like that that
> somebody wrote in 1910..., but I will probably ever find one.

When I rebuild a piano, which typically includes installing a new pin
block, I write on the pin block when and where I replaced it and
sometimes a funny little quote or whatever.  No one will ever see it
until the plate is removed again in 75-100 years.  My legacy will live
on long after I'm gone!  I've thought about maybe folding half of the
front page of the current news paper in there; it would be fun for them
to discover that.

Rob Goodale, RPT
Las Vegas, Nevada



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