Newbie; Cleaning actions

[Farrell]

Randy Potter Course - excellent. I are a Randy Potter gra-gee-it too! Several on this list are. I think Greg Newell is going through it now. Am I right Greg, or did I goof up?

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Claudia Cimenti" <claudia_cimenti@mail.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 3:34 PM
Subject: Re: Newbie; Cleaning actions


> All,
> 
> I would like to thank all of you for welcoming me to the list, and for your 
> replies to my question!
> 
> I am fortunate that my husband is very much into heavy-duty tools, and we 
> have an air compressor in our garage. "No dear, I can't just get the 110 
> Volt one, that would not be powerful enough..." :)  So I started dusting 
> with that yesterday (after vacuuming first), to get rid of 100+ year old dust.
> 
> I have taken the action apart. The assemblies are still very dark with 
> dirt. The next step will be to get that clean.
> 
> To answer some of the questions that were asked:
> 
>  > What brand of piano are you working on?
> It is an "S.R. Leland & Sons, Worcester". Since I'm in MA, I assume it's 
> Worcester, MA. I could not find any info at all about this company on the 
> Internet, and the person that gave it to me said that there is no mention 
> in it in the Pierce Piano Atlas either. Must be a stencil brand. Obviously, 
> I do not expect to make any $$ off my rebuilding endeavor. The experience 
> in itself is enjoyable and rewarding. For a person on the steep end of the 
> learning curve there is no better thing than getting their hands dirty on 
> the real thing (pun intended).
> 
>  > Just curious, where are you taking a piano technology course?
> I am taking the Randy Potter correspondence course. Given that I haven't 
> quit my day job yet and do a lot of business travel, this is a perfect way 
> for me to get started.
> 
> Thanks again for the warm welcome.
> 
> Regards,
> /Claudia
>