Dunce of the Year

Farrell mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
Tue, 12 Mar 2002 07:56:14 -0500


Yeah, but think about how well you can turn a capstan now................BTW, someone I know real good told me that he did the same thing!   ;-(   I'm glad I'm, er, a, HE is not the only one!

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Jankura" <kenrpt@earthlink.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 12:02 AM
Subject: Re: Dunce of the Year


> And then there's the time you think you are the hero by simply taking up all
> that incredibly excessive lost motion only to discover after you've turned
> each capstan about 720 degrees (90 degrees at a time) that the soft pedal
> dowel jumped track and the pin is holding the hammer rest rail way too close
> to the strings. I met someone who heard that someone he knew did this once
> :-)
> Ken Jankura rpt
> Fayetteville PA
> 



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