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I'm no expert, but I must say it looks beautiful! Congratulations! I'm sure you'll have many happy hours together.

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I'm here! Yes, we're all a bit quiet aren't we? I actually got up early this morning to make a gooseberry and apple pie. OK, I know that's boring, but there's not much else to tell! I'm hoping for bad weather today so I don't feel guilty for practicing the piano instead of digging the garden. Jan xx

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Bill Kibby wrote:Sorry, I mainly deal with antiques

In that case, I'll give you my serial number

Thanks for answering anyway.

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Good people, Please can you tell me more about my Marshall & Rose upright? Its serial number is 206237. I thought it was 1985, the tuner thought 1989... to be honest, if I didn't know they weren't made any more, I'd have said it was made last week it's so clean inside! Can you tell me a bit more...

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Where's our Dave? Haven't seen you post for a couple of days. Hope you're OK.

Jan

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I'm still unsure about what to do with Fiona. Of course I don't WANT to get rid of her, and it would make me deeply unhappy to do so but if needs be, then I will. Why? Surely, she doesn't eat that much?? Any small amount you get from selling her will soon be gone and you won't have the pleasure of ...

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My wife has withdrawn funding for my monthly piano lessons. . :shock: really? If so, I'm truly sorry, Dave. Don't you dare think of giving up Fiona; your lessons were teaching you stuff, but you'd done 99.99% of it all by yourself already and will carry on learning, lessons or no lessons. Wet Monda...

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Hello Tuna,

It's an upright. I've had a word with our new tech to let him know what he's in for!

Jan
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Fresh from rallying his troops, it's Major Scale.

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I’m inspired by Dave’s Viv from Aldi joke :oops: For all fans of “I’m Sorry, I Haven’t a Clue”…. My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome some late arrivals to the musician’s ball. Please put your hands together for Mr and Mrs Stein and their son Bech. That lad’s gotta lotta teeth. And there’s...

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Hello to all, I was invited to a friend's house today and she said I could have a play on her old piano.... she agreed it was in desparate need of tuning, but the strange thing was, it had absolutely no damping at all, no matter what pedal you pressed, or didn't press, it was like the sustain pedal ...

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Pah! Got that in my back pocket, wouldn't bother

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David, were you really the winning bidder?

What a great project for someone.

Jan

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Hello Celestite and a very happy birthday from me too!

Hope you're spoiling yourself rotten.

Jan

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OK, who joined me in watching Carry On Up The Khyber yesterday afternoon? ...and up yours, your Excellency :lol: I thought my husband was also watching it, but he was actually pacing around for it to finish as the formation lap of the grand prix was about to start! Oh, I'd forgotting about One Flew ...

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What a sad image! It's just 5 miles up the road from where I live.... but I don't have the space either.

Jan

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dave brum wrote:my blended weasel's piss

Have you ever thought of going into advertising?

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I just noticed that our Britannia lady at the top of this web site is sporting a nice witche's hat and a dodgy nose! OK, I'm probably the last one I know!

Jan
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I have to agree with loads of these, except The Office and League of Gentlemen, sorry, Anna, I just didn't get it.... OK, a couple more vague claims to fame coming up. CtF #1:The best man at my parents' wedding used to do the lighting for The Goodies. I got Tim Brooke-Taylor's autograph when I met h...

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How often does your one need doing? since you bought it. I'm intrested to know about keeping up their maintenance. Hi Anna, I planned to have mine done every 6 months, but it's needing a tweak after just 3. It's still settling in, so I don't think there's a problem. I'm going to make a "runnin...

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Hello TOG, if that's the stage you're at, I'd definitely recommend the Kenneth Baker book or Fanny Waterman book. Good luck!

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Hello folks, I paid 45 pnds to have Rosie tuned, which I thought was a very good price, especially as the tuner had to come about 40 miles to get to us. It's lucky it was so cheap as it needs doing again now!

Jan
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:shock: I didn't think things like that could happen in John Lewis! I'm glad your lesson went well, it'll be a dream if I even get to grade 1. I've got 3 days off work this week, supposedly digging in the garden, but Rosie is too tempting. Talking of which, Rosie needs tuning again, it's due in Marc...

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I once had a cat that could project her puke over 2' away. It's nice to know we're all good at something

RIP Charlie. xxx

Hope you managed to rescue whatever it was that Sarah Jane targetted.

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Hello and welcome, TOG! It's nice to feel like a youngster! I'm *only* 42 and have also just started learning. My husband really likes the Kenneth Baker book that Dave mentioned, but I'm using Carol Barratt's book. There's a book recommended by my teacher, by Fanny Waterman, it is aimed a children, ...

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I had one of those too, but the wheels fell off.

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Yep, it's called a guard dog. And it has its own problems. Well, we all need to go to the bathroom sometimes.....

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A lot of modern upright pianos don't have locks. You can get a clampy-type ting which locks it shut, but I find a few piles of books on the fall deters most casual small vandals. Mine has no lock, but I have a child that knows mummy turns into a screeching harpy if so much as a sticky finger is wav...

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Professionally, I'm an IT manager. Personally, I'm a wife, mother, cheesemaker and a wannabe smallholder, beekeeper and pianist

You chaps can dazzle me with qualifications, I just have my O'levels and they're marginal! I was always rubbish at exams.

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We had lust on our reeks in the garden this year :wink: Pianist envy? That did make me :lol: I know what you mean about the headphones, we were lucky to find an acoustic with a practice pedal. It doesn't mute the piano completely, but cuts the sound down by an awful lot so that I can practice when b...

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Hmm, that's hard as I'm not much of a movie person but here goes... Shawshank Redemption Life of Brian An American Werewolf in London Rebecca (the 1940 one with Larry Olivier) The Miss Marple ones with Joan Hickson (do they qualify?) I also love some of the old animations, not the modern computer on...

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Hello Martin and welcome from me too! I've only just started learning at the grand old age of 42 and am really enjoying myself. I've only been playing for a few months so am still grade 0 at the moment. Are you going to have lessons? As for the digital, there are some great ones out there, but why n...

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Claim to fame warning::::::: I met Ed Stewart in 1976, I was in hospital and he was visiting the children there to either cheer them up, or drive them over the edge :lol: he was lovely. He asked me if I would like a signed record and I asked for 10cc "Good Morning Judge", so he gave me Jet...

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Hi Anna, Firstly, I'm really sorry you've been left feeling a little flat after your much longed-for piano lesson. For what is't worth, I pay 10.50 for a half hour and it's worth every penny. A lesson should leave you excited and fired up about what you want to do for next time and what you've learn...

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Hi there Anna, The Father Charles thing tells you in which order the sharps are written in the key signature F then C then G etc and the reverse mmmmnemonic is for the flats B, E. I definitely find those things help my jog my memory. Mind you, I'm still at the stage of reminding myself what cows eat...

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Hello Elaine, hello all, Yes, I'm a veggie, have been for nearly 25 years now :shock: I've tried your challenge, but have only come up with Babies Eat And Dogs Go Catch Fleas, but, backwards, that sounds a bit bad... Fleas Catch!, Go, Dogs And Eat Babies. Back to the Father Charles one, I think! Sam...

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I must say that I also like practicing scales, not that I've done too many of them yet. It seems what I'm hearing is knowing a particular scale gets you in the "mode" of that tune for fingering once you recognise the key signature, rather than just knowing, say, that if there's one sharp i...

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When I was going out last night, I noticed they were advertising the spin-off for this show that's being held right here in Dorset. It's called "Strictly No Parking". Well, there was a sign up for it anyway

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Hello there Dave!

That's great news! I'm sure she'll get a big confidence boost from that and will on to the nome before you nome it

Well done to Mrs Brum. Onwards and upwards.

Love,
Jan
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Hello Pianotechman, Uxbridge is my old stamping ground! Yes, I'm still very pleased with what I bought. It was tuned 3 weeks after I bought it and, to be honest, could do with tuning again now, but I'll probably hold off until the New Year. It is a lovely piece of work and I hope I can do it justice...

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Aah, the nails - don't remind me! Mine seem to grow at a phenominal rate now that I actually want to keep them short. When I was trying to keep them looking longish (flying in the face of looking after a small child and a large garden), they never seemed to grow at all. My next lesson is tomorrow an...

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Hey Dave, are you sure you weigh what you weigh? I recon your scales (the weighing type, not the musical type!) are wonky, you look pretty trim to me.

Jan

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Thanks, Gill. A musical shot across the boughs eh? I can handle that! Thanks again.

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I paid about £100 for the bat detector, there are cheaper ones though. This was a "Magenta" and I bought it directly from the makers. They've got them for about £60 now and they sometimes turn up on ebay. They are great fun and pick up all sorts of things that you would...

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Our owls are programmed to say how much they love each other at about 2am just outside our bedroom window, we seem to have both a male and a female tawny out there recently. We also get bats; serotines and pipistrelles. I bought my husband a bat detector for his birthday last year so we could listen...

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Great news Anna! I've made a little note to remind myself and will be thinking of you on Wednesday at 3pm.

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Please bear with me, this probably sounds crazy, but what is the point of a key signature? I realise it tells you which sharps and flats to expect, but they are written at the front of the line, so WHY oh why, it is important to be able to say "Ah-Ha, Horace! That's in Eb Major!" Does it t...

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What a handsome foxy! We've had foxes in the area so our girls are in a big fox-proof (we hope) enclosure and there's another run inside it that has an anti-dig skirt around it and their door is locked at night. We only let them free-range when we're out in the garden with them as it's not just foxy...

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Hello Dave, You may think I'm daft (hmmm :wink: ?), but if Mrs Brum can count in time, but not clap or tap in time, then can you try asking her to turn it on its head and count out loud in time to her own clapping before she tries clapping in time with counting or the beat from something "outsi...

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Good luck with your sleuthing Dave. Check for chalk marks under her nails, a random collection of cordoroy clothing and a bad haircut. She'll probably also use a red pen.

My teacher is very well turned out (definitely wasn't at my old school), but she does have the red pen...

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