Great Opportunity, Lousy Piano

Avery Todd avery@ev1.net
Sun, 22 Sep 2002 16:53:57 -0500


Hey Alan,

Everything EXCEPT WD-40! :-)

Avery

At 10:08 PM 09/21/02 -0500, you wrote:
>I thought the whole tool kit required super glue, duct tape, WD40, and a big
>hammer.
>
>Actually I marvel at the productivity "old hands" can demonstrate. It takes
>me two hours just to open the piano, find the bathroom, get out the wrong
>tools, and realize my ETD battery is dead. Again.
>
>Alan Barnard
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
>To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 9:57 PM
>Subject: Re: Great Opportunity, Lousy Piano
>
>
> > "You must be a very efficient worker to get all that done in two hours..."
> >
> > Hey, didn't you read my post? I said that I came prepared with super glue
>and duct tape!
> >
> > Terry Farrell
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kevin E. Ramsey" <ramsey@extremezone.com>
> > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 8:28 PM
> > Subject: Re: Great Opportunity, Lousy Piano
> >
> >
> > Terry Farrell wrote;
> >
> >
> >
> > I only had a couple hours before they were going to use it for rehearsal.
>Thank God I had super glue and duct tape! I pitch-raised it to A440, tuned
>it, filed the hammers, shimmed the action frame for hammer alignment,
>roughed up the hammer tails to make most of them check. Added a little drop
>to some just so they would not double strike. That was all I had time for.
>This thing needed a good 200 hours of work - at least.
> >
> >     You must be a very efficient worker to get all that done in two hours,
>Terry. I would definately look at this as an opportunity to show your stuff
>and earn some good money.
> >     One thing, next time you're pushed for time, instead of roughing up
>the hammer tails, look at the backchecks, if they look a little worn down,
>sometimes it's quicker to take some 220 paper and drag it straight up
>towards you, like you're gang filling. Makes 'em look almost new, and takes
>about three minutes for the whole set. Just don't get too carried away.
>Sometimes that's all they need.
> >
> >
> >
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