..the new guy gets inaugurated..

[Greg Newell]

On Tue, 17 Jun 1997 09:15:24 +0000, David ilvedson wrote:

>> From:          "Greg Newell" <gnewell@en.com>
>> To:            "pianotech@ptg.org" <pianotech@ptg.org>
>> Date:          Tue, 17 Jun 97 00:01:59 
>> Subject:       Re: ..the new guy gets inaugurated..
>> Reply-to:      pianotech@ptg.org
>
>I have my concerns about smoke, fumes being created by the torch 
>on this who knows what chemical contents "plastic" elbows.  
>Certainly do it outside!
>
>David ilvedson, RPT
>Pacifica, CA
>
>> On Mon, 16 Jun 1997 20:12:58 -0400 (EDT), Phil Bondi wrote:
>> 
>> >...lester spinet..circa 1954..the woman says it hasn't been tuned in *4-5
>> >years*..bull...more like 8-10 years..93 cents flat...also complained about a
>> >couple of keys not working..opened it up and guess what i found...that's
>> >right..plastic elbows..i read some of the horror stories here and heard a
>> >couple more at LB's shop..told this woman that i would have to order the
>> >parts and return to complete the pitch raise..well, as i was tuning it, i
>> >broke 5 more..sound familiar to anyone..??..yea, i figured as much...
>> >
>> >..welcome to the biz, tito..!!
>> >
David and list,
	The fumes are almost altogether absent. You may have missed the point in 
that you re heating only the rod and then it's removed from the flame and inserted in the 
elbow, held for a second and then on to the next one. VERY FAST!!!!

				Grg
Greg and Mary Ellen Newell
Greg's Piano Forte`
Lakewood, Ohio 44107
gnewell@en.com