Hi Damon -- Congratulations to you for restoring a player piano, and
to your parents for supporting you.  It is a wonderful hobby.  What
you restore can last you for decades and you have the satisfaction
that you did it!

Regards
Larry Greenfield

 [ Editor's note:
 [
 [ A reader pointed out that my phrase, "a likeable kid", could be
 [ taken as an airy dismissal.  I wrote to Damon, "Within my family
 [ it's a genuine term of affection (as 'the likeable neighbor kid'),
 [ and I meant no 'dismissal' at all.  Please forgive me if it seemed
 [ so to you.  I continue to admire and enjoy the eagerness of youth
 [ which you display.  (I hope I haven't lost it myself!  ;) "
 [
 [ Damon replied that he didn't think it offensive, but was happy that
 [ I wrote.
 [
 [ Robbie