---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment =20 Hey big Dave Merry Christmas & Gods blessing to your big heart. Your Mercy & kindess=20 are truly a part of the Christmas story my friend. Dale Hey my colleagues------ Just thought I=E2=80=99d share a little from the last week. I have a clien= t, Don=20 Beamsley, who has been a well-known and successful jazz player in SoCal=20 forever; he=E2=80=99s played with every big band around, from Tommy Dorsey,= Horace Heidt,=20 Glenn Miller, Tex Beneke----the list is endless; he was even the LA Dodger=20 organist for a while in the 60=E2=80=99s and 70=E2=80=99s. So=E2=80=94he=E2=80=99s got a sweet Steinway B that he was given by his ment= or, a 1930=20 instrument. It was maintained throughout its life by mostly 2 legendary =20 techs---first Cecil Short, the =E2=80=9Cman=E2=80=9D in the Pomona Valley fo= r many years,a nd then by=20 Norman Neblett, an LA denizen and Golden Hammer recipient. I=E2=80=99ve be= en=20 maintaining the piano for the last 18 years. Anyway, you know the story---I=E2=80=99ve been nagging this guy for years t= o do the=20 work: the piano=E2=80=99s got all original parts and strings, and he=E2= =80=99s always used=20 the traditional procrastinating musician=E2=80=99s excuses: =E2=80=9C I jus= t can=E2=80=99t pull the=20 trigger now, DA---I can=E2=80=99t be sure if I=E2=80=99ll work this strong=20= next year, my wife =E2=80=99s gig stopped this year, I need a new roof---=E2=80=9Dwhatever. I= =E2=80=99m a life-long=20 musician; I=E2=80=99ve used them all. He is so sweet, and so funny, and such a monstrously beautiful player, and=20= I=E2=80=99 m such a soft touch in a certain way, that I made it no problem, and just=20 kept bringing the damn Protek ( the verdigris was out of control on this pi= g). To make a long, long story very short, Don now has Class 3 Parkinson=E2=80= =99s=20 Disease, has for 2 years, has lost 90 pounds, and his prognosis is delicate= , to=20 put it mildly. But he still rolls himself up to the piano and plays for an= =20 hour or so every day. So a month ago I took his wife in the other room and just said now=E2=80= =99s the=20 time, sweetie, for the bullshit to cease and for us to do something. =20 So---because her cash flow at this point is questionable, we opted for the=20= battlefield=20 triage: --Rebuilt keyframe: key bushing, underfelt, backchecks and wires, clean and= =20 polish rail pins and captstans and glides, raise height and level keys --repinned shanks, =E2=80=9Csmoked-out=E2=80=9D whippen flanges --new knuckles --rebuilt pedals and pedal mod --hammers filed (very difficult and dicey) --lift, level, seat strings --COMPLETE action regulation --RP and tune THANKS SO MUCH, MICHAEL CAMPI. You did a great job on the keyframe, pedals= ,=20 knuckles and shanks. When I FINALLY got the damn thing playing =E2=80=9Cright---=E2=80=9D and th= at took almost 2=20 full days--- Don rolled up and started playing; we were both crying. He loved it; he=20 called me =E2=80=9Ca friggin=E2=80=99 genius.=E2=80=9D This is what I work for; this is what I live for; I did the work at about=20 65% of what I would ordinarily charge; The money is NOT the payoff. To bring love and happiness to music lovers, music players, human beings=20 with sweet hearts and beautiful intentions: this is what this work is all=20 about. I=E2=80=99m feeling good. My love and respect to all..... David Andersen =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/4d/18/7f/58/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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