[pianotech] Nossaman Hovercraft - reprise

[Ron Nossaman]

William Monroe wrote:
> I just wanted everyone who has any interest in building one of these
> recently popularized devices to proceed with a word of caution.  I recently
> discovered that there is a failure with the Auto-Pilot feature of this
> device.  I was happily stringing away the other day, and came to a hole 
> that
> had only been drilled to 1/4" (I use two-pass drilling) instead of to the
> G-bit that the rest of the block was drilled at.  It turns out the silly
> drill-press rig just passed this one right by.  So, to all you who think
> this thing is so great, be advised of this issue - and note:  The
> manufacturer refused to cover this under warranty.  Of all 
> the..............
> 
> Many <G>
> 
> William R. Monroe

Bill,
You'll note the absence of the autopilot feature in the 
description and plans, or I'll note it for you. The reason is 
that the autopilot function didn't manifest in the design and 
authoring phases, which resulted in it's failure to 
automatically show up in the article. Had it, it would have 
(you gotta love a language this cumbersome). Should the 
missing functions show up in subsequent code revisions, 
housekeeping sessions, or dreams, they will be made available 
as incremental upgrades which may or may not require 
refabrication of the system to install, and may be hardware 
sensitive as to ultimate performance in any case.

As an alternative, we are currently negotiating with an 
offshore manufacturing facility to offer corrective auxiliary 
holes in a popular range of sizes, as a handy, discreet, and 
economical repair option. While we feel that providing the 
information to build the means to produce not only 
appropriate, but strikingly superior holes should be enough 
for any nominally reasonable person, we also understand the 
desirability of third party no fault holes in certain 
instances, so we're working hard to provide these as a nominal 
extra cost after market enhancement to the basic hole 
production system. The plain brown wrappers to ship them in 
should be available any time now too.

Order now, and we'll throw in a lifetime supply of darkness to 
fill the holes to preserve freshness until such time as they 
can be used.

Operators are about to go to bed for tonight, so act - later.

Yawn,
Ron N