Help the Thumper reach Rochester! Free Ecsaine! Free Simplex PianoPlayer!

[Fenton Murray]

Thumper,
Who ever and wherever you are, I like you're style. I'll pledge $25. Tell me
where to send it and it's yours, but if you do make it to Rochester, and I'm
counting on it, you buy me a drink. It'll probably cost you the other 15.
Fenton
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp at yahoo.com>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 8:34 PM
Subject: Help the Thumper reach Rochester! Free Ecsaine! Free Simplex
PianoPlayer!


> Howdy Folks!
>      I'm poor, but not ashamed. I work in the 5th
> poorest county in the U.S. ( worse than New Orleans'
> 9th Ward ) where 90% of pianos are cruddy old uprights
> or Kimball Whitneys, and the few folks rich enough for
> REAL pianos are ( historically ) used to paying
> everyone minimum wage. ( Or less. Much less. )  Add to
> that the fact that I was rear-ended by a personal
> injury lawyer in front of a  chiropractor's office 5
> years ago ( no kidding ) and didn't get a  settlement
> ( but did get neck injuries ) and you can understand
> why I can't afford to go.  But I'd love to!
>    So, here's my offer:
>    1)Anybody who chips in $10 or more gets samples of
> all three piano-specific Ecsaine thicknesses to play
> with. This is the astounding, uniform, buckskin
> substitute made by Toray industries that is used by
> Yamaha and Kawai ( or so I've heard. ) Great stuff !!!
> I'll never use buckskin again! It took MONTHS to pry
> this out of Toray, with the promise that I'd promote
> it among pianotechs. If enough demand it, and I can
> get Toray to sell me a  reasonable minimum stock, I'll
> then offer it, reasonably priced.
>    2)Whoever chips in the most wins the 1890's push-up
> style Simplex piano player at my brother's in
> Rochester. ( Unrestored. )
>    3) I'll bring several samples of other gadgets and
> techniques I've developed that may be of interest.
>    4) Jack Wyatt is interested in my recent
> experiences restoring a Chickering "Brown" action, to
> help with his class. I'd much rather show up with my
> jigs, and answer any and all questions. These beasts
> are MURDER to restore and regulate, and I can save you
> a hundred hours of grief ( at least ) were you to
> ever encounter one. For one thing,  ( after days of
> head scratching ) I devised a very effective jig to
> make uniform cord loops in jacks. It measures the cord
> perfectly, and prevents plug insertion from altering
> loop length. There are also peculiar procedures for
> disassembly/assembly/adjustment that may drive you to
> suicide.
>      On top of that, I'd love to meet y'all, give my
> enemies a chance to vent their completely
> unreasobnable frustrations with me in person, and have
> a  "Piano Battle" with any fellow ragtime or stride
> players who show up.
>      If you are, for good or evil, interested in
> seeing me at Rochester, please email with a pledge. If
> they tally, along with my finances, enough to attend,
> I'll take you up on them and see you there.
>     Ecsaine to be distributed once I arrive.
>
>     Thanks!
>     Thump
>
>
> --- JWyatt1492 at aol.com wrote:
>
> > Hello Thump,
> >
> >
> >     I would like to talk to you about the "Brown"
> > action and your experience with it.
> >
> >   I have a working model of the later "Brown"
> > action.
> > It is in the Museum in K.C.
> >
> >   It will be part on my class in Rochester.
> >
> > I will need your Phone no,
> >
> > Regards,
> > Jack Wyatt
> >
>
>
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