[CAUT] a bad habit??

[Avery Todd]

Eric,

At 04:07 PM 9/30/2005, you wrote:
>What
>should I do? Pull the action on 130 grands till I find the two missing
>their sostenuto?

Why not just check it with the pedals? ;-) Sorry, the Devil made me do it.

Avery

>Eric
>
>
>Eric Wolfley, RPT
>Supervising Piano Technician
>College-Conservatory of Music
>University of Cincinnati
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of
>Jeff Tanner
>Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 4:24 PM
>To: College and University Technicians
>Subject: Re: [CAUT] a bad habit??
>
>Hey Michelle,
>As long as you know what's going on.  One thing I do think about on
>occasion, though, is what if something happens to me tonight and I
>either choose to not come back to work tomorrow, or am incapable of
>returning to work?  If I leave a lot of stuff out of its place, will
>I be leaving a puzzle for my replacement?
>
>Jus' playin' a liddle devil's advocate mind you, cause I guarantee
>you not everything's where it orta be here either.  This just
>reminded me of a music desk somebody brought me off a Baldwin L that
>needs fixin' and returnin'.
>: )
>Jeff
>
>
>On Sep 30, 2005, at 2:52 PM, Michelle Stranges wrote:
>
> > Hi folks..
> >
> > I'm wondering if I'm getting into a "bad habit" here...
> >
> > Seems I am *unconsciously* (??) and "conveniently" (?? ) leaving
> > off the keystop rail on all actions I am bringing in the shop for
> > work.
> >
> > :(
> >
> > Welp- they "never seem to make it back on the action" when they are
> > returned to their home.
> >
> > (Shhhh- but personally I feel it's way easier to make repairs, ease
> > keys, etc. by just leaving them off...)
> >
> > It's my dirty secret.
> >
> > I'm having guilt though.
> > Will I have to admit being lazy?
> >
> > I know the primary reason for this part is in the case of pianos
> > being moved and stuff- but there's a small piano fairy on my
> > shoulder hinting that there's more to it than just that.
> >
> > What's the real deal.
> >
> > Any other guilty parties out there?
> >
> > ps- our pianos here don't get S-E-R-I-O-U-S pounding and playing-
> > so the keys wouldn't be floppin' all over the place...
> >
> > :)
> > Michelle
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Avery Todd, RPT
Moores School of Music
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-4017