[pianotech] Message from April Fuerst

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Fri Apr 1 18:14:14 MDT 2011


On 4/1/2011 6:40 PM, David Boyce wrote:
> By coincidence, tuned one today. Or rather, yesterday and today, as by
> the time I had carried out some of the needed repairs yesterday, I ran
> out of time to complete the tuning. Back today with gel superglue.
> Sad thing is, the design WOULD be feasible if made new now, with modern
> plastics materials, I guess.

Yes, I think you're right. I haven't experienced one of these creatures 
in the flesh, or - plastic, but looking at a bag of parts a friend sent 
me to play with, I was impressed by the ingenuity and general practical 
simplicity of the action design.

An idea ahead of it's production capability.
Ron N


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