hanging hammers

[Kevin E. Ramsey]

    I agree, Wally seems to me to be a real up-front kind of person, I like
his down to earth style, and I intend to order my next set from him.
    Don't feel too bad about whatever stupid thing you "screwed up", that's
why we all go to conventions; to learn how not to.


Kevin E. Ramsey, R.P.T.
ramsey@extremezone.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Leslie W Bartlett" <lesbart1@juno.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2001 11:30 AM
Subject: hanging hammers


> With what little information I had, I asked Wally Brooks to bore a set of
> hammers for an Acrosonic, way up in the Hollars of West Virginia.  I got
> up there, saw there were 93, which gave me some leeway in which I used.
> Thinking to be smart, I started at 88, the most difficult section, and
> came downward.  Well, allowing for a few 'extras', I came up short before
> tenor bass bridge.    Not enough treble hammers!!!!  Oh was I in trouble.
>     Just for good measure, I screwed up another thing or two in the
> process, which I'll not publicly describe, as I can stand only so much
> humiliation in a single day..................
>
> I called Wally, expecting to get a robot, as this was right before
> convention time, and he VERY GRACIOUSLY told me that one solution would
> be to move all the treble hammers down - but as I said, I'd managed to
> make another screw up in process- but he decided he'd send me a few extra
> hammers 2nd day air so I could save my hind end before having to race
> back to Houston.
>
> Chatting with another tech about yet another job I'd never done before, I
> mentioned the Wally incident, and he said, "Yea, Wally saves a whole lot
> of people from their stupidity, and is very gracious abou it."
>
> So, having learned scads of lessons I never wanted to learn, I've hung my
> first set of vertical hammers successfully, thanks to the unmerited
> kindness of Wally Brooks, who didn't even hint that I should have never
> publicly admit   the level of idiocy to which I sank, and I would like to
> publicly express my greatest appreciation and admiration of this quiet
> person who spends little time tooting his horn, and, evidently, spending
> a lot of time, energy, and money, salvaging inexperienced neophytes from
> their incredibly limited capabilities, when, suddenly, they're up to
> their rears in alligators, and have forgotten their original job was to
> drain the swamp.
>
> Many ongoing thanks, and life long loyalty to the quality of Wally Brooks
> products, and his gracious assistance in salvaging what would have been a
> sincere disaster.
> Sincerely
> Les  Bartlett
> Houson
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