Newbie; Cleaning actions

[Greg Newell]

Terry,
         Ooops! 1984 gradgeeit of Perkins School. Nice try though.

Greg



At 05:48 PM 5/6/2002, you wrote:
>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
> >