12/23/2005 LETTER TO JENNIFER DAVIS MAST (FRIEND FROM HIGH SCHOOL) I have an old out of tune piano from around the 1920's sometime. I used to know but have long since forgotten. I could take the piano apart to find out, but am not that ambitious! It was an ugly old beast - an upright grand - and a bear to move. When it crossed the threshold of our latest home my husband said -- if we ever sell this house the piano is going with it! (We were fortunate enough that when we originally purchased it the guy wanted it out of his house so bad he delivered it for free -- and he had some piano mover equipment). I was able to take apart the piano and remove the original panels and recover them. The first time I did it in a maroon velvet and the second time a dark material. It looked SO much better after it's $10 makeover. I think I liked the velvet better but I couldn't find any more of that material cheap when I went to redo...