Tuner Injured

[Stéphane Collin]

Hello all.

I have read somewhere that celluloïd was highly inflammable and prone to 
explode in some circumstances.  Celluloïd was used about the second half of 
the 19 th century mainly for billiard bowls and as piano keys covering, 
intended to replace ivory which was lacking because of secession war.  It 
was one of the first stuff that you can easily give any shape and colour you 
want.  I didn't know that there were golf balls made out of it, but you must 
expect anything from terrorists.

Best regards.

Stéphane Collin.





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco at luther.edu>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 3:10 PM
Subject: Re: Tuner Injured


> At 08:47 AM 11/30/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>>Greetings
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>>     Was the thing packed with explosive?
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> I suspect that it was a "trick" or "joke" exploding ball.
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>>....or am I ignorant about golf balls' composition....they do explode when 
>>aged??????
>>  Julia
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> If they do, my house is in great jeopardy!!!
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> Conrad Hoffsommer
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