On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 13:14:21 +0100, "mich" wrote:


"wanderer" wrote in message
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On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 12:39:35 +0100, mich wrote:

Not strictly DIY, but not strictly anything else either.

There is an old upright piano (age and condition not determinable by
the
unmusical me, although its certainly not in tune and hasn't been tuned
in my
care) in my sitting room. It is not mine. It was just left by its
owner. I
did contact the owner about it but never got a reply. That was five
years
ago.

Are you still in contact with the owner? If you are, it would be prudent
to send a letter recorded delivery telling him you intend to dispose of
the piano in, say, 28 days from the date of the letter.

Complicated story.

I am not in contact with the owner. She is ( was) my brothers ex wife. At
the time of their divorce ( the last address I had for her) I asked her if
she would take her piano out of my care - she had left it with me some ten
years earlier to "store it" because she didnt have room for it. That was
in my last house. I moved five years ago and took the piano with me because
I didnt like to throw it out since it wasnt mine! She sold the marital home
to buy a place with another partner . She fell out with him and moved
again. She found another bloke and two years being up she applied for a
divorce from my brother ( my brother cited adultery for various reasons like
she tried to take him to the cleaners and blame him for the marriage
breakdown and wanted his worldly goods and it got rather bitter) and she
moved ( with yet another partner) and would not tell my brother where she
was going, hence I have no knowledge of her current wherabouts.

You see! I always knew an old piano had a story to tell!

MM