[pianotech] mold

[J Patrick Draine]

If its a big account they can afford to pay for the parts as well as escaine
(buy from Pianotek) to fix the totally useless corfam. And your labor too,
my friend.
Patrick Draine

On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Leslie Bartlett
<l-bartlett at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

> Hammers were pre-bored from Wally Brooks.  I might talk to them about
> paying
> part of the cost of the hammers and I eat a bit. It's a big account, and
> they've been good to me.   I'd never ask to send anything like that back to
> Wally.  Years ago I screwed up my first hammer job, in the hollars of West
> Virginia, and Wally sent me six "saver hammers" second day air, NO charge.
> I'll work something out. I think I can use a brush and superglue to
> re-attach the  loosened corfam, or work a deal with the church so neither
> they nor I get hurt and just let the piano (1976) go.......
> les
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On
> Behalf
> Of Terry Farrell
> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 8:25 AM
> To: pianotech at ptg.org
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] mold
>
> If the hammers have not been used - or especially if you haven't even
> received them, could they not be returned? Or have they been custom
> bored, etc. for you?
>
> Terry Farrell
>
> On Aug 11, 2010, at 8:29 AM, Leslie Bartlett wrote:
>
> > There is a big problem. It has corfam and it is coming loose under the
> > jacks.  I'm thinking superglue.  It has been roughed up, so they had
> > some
> > problem with it in the past.   If I hadn't ordered hammers, I'd now
> > recommend they scrap it.      I can't afford to eat the cost of the
> > hammers,
> > yet don't want to cheat the customer either, so I'm at a loss. I'm
> > sure the
> > corfam parts can be super-glued quite easily.
> > Les b
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org]
> > On Behalf
> > Of Jon Page
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 5:54 AM
> > To: pianotech at ptg.org
> > Subject: Re: [pianotech] mold
> >
> > Do not overlook if there is Corfam on the butts.
> > If it falls within '74-'84, change the butts also.
> > --
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jon Page
> >
>
>
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