Newbie; Cleaning actions

Farrell mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
Mon, 6 May 2002 18:03:19 -0400


Well, someone on this list is!

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Newell" <gnewell@ameritech.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: Newbie; Cleaning actions


> 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
> > >
> 
> 



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