SW Florida

David Ilvedson ilvey@sbcglobal.net
Sat, 07 Sep 2002 12:38:53 -0700


The only problem I can see with Florida has to do with a
cantankerous old coot piano technician who writes with a
rather odd accent...;-]

David



----- Original message ---------------------------------------->
From: antares <antares@EURONET.NL>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Received: Sat, 07 Sep 2002 20:49:45 +0200
Subject: SW Florida

>SW Florida is my most favorite place on Earth. In a way it resembles Holland
>because it is completely flat (as every American knows), but that is
>certainly not the reason why I love SW Florida so much.
>No, I love it over there because
>a. it is wonderfully warm all year around
>b. it has nice coral sand beaches
>c. it has pelicans and dolphins
>d. it has alligators and very special flora in the very south
>e. it has the heartwarming influence of the Latinos
>f. and it has a very humid climate so that piano technicians have lots of
>work to do and make lots of moolah.

>Too bad I am too old, I would have loved to spend many years in for instance
>Naples FLA or Sarasota.

>If you live in SW Florida make sure that you know where you are!

>friendly greetings
>from

>Antares,

>Amsterdam, Holland

>"where music is, no harm can be"

>visit my website at :  http://www.concertpianoservice.nl/


>> From: Phil Bondi <tito@philbondi.com>
>> Organization: Bondi's Piano Service
>> Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
>> Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 12:57:48 -0400
>> To: pianotech@ptg.org
>> Subject: Re: removing key pins
>>
>> Antares said:
>>
>>> Holland is a very humid place for piano's, so all piano's coming from all
>>> factories have sticking keys after a few months.
>>> reaming the key holes helps immediately which proves that the holes got
>>> smaller because of the humidity.
>>
>> ..Thank You Antares. I have seen the same thing here in SW Fla. Reaming key
>> holes is sometimes better than easing the bushings of the offending sticking
>> key.
>>
>> Friendly greetings from
>>
>> -Phil Bondi (Fl.)
>> tito@philbondi.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
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