[pianotech] What can I expect with a screw-stinger?

[Euphonious Thumpe]

As no-one on the list has expressed interest, I'm considering encouraging the nursing home where I play for the "inmates" to pick it up to replace their REALLY junky old upright with. But don't want to get into trouble with unseen "pecadilloes" peculiar to these things, so please let me know what problems I might expect.
 
Thumpe

Euphonious Thumpe
 

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 From: Euphonious Thumpe <lclgcnp at yahoo.com>
To: pianotech at ptg.org 
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 10:19 AM
Subject: [pianotech] Mason screw stringer now $100
   
(Special for me.) Plus a tidbit for my trouble, and whatever Cooper Music or some other firm wants for picking it up and keeping it until you can retrieve it.CALL if interested, please.(706) 351-7817  
 

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 From:  Euphonious Thumpe <lclgcnp at yahoo.com>; 
To:  <pianotech at ptg.org>; 
Subject:  [pianotech] More on the M&H screw-stringer. 
Sent:  Tue, Aug 14, 2012 5:18:16 AM 
  
It's actually in Atlanta and you can see pics of it on the Atlanta craigslist, for only $150. I put "dibs" on it because it seemed like a very good deal, and I could have an Atlanta firm pick it up and store it until you could get it, or bring it here to my shop in Athens if you promised to retrieve it very soon, or were interested in some of my other for-sale inventory, such as: 2 matching, ornate, "Eastlake", 3-bridge, 57" Knabe uprights ( from early 1890's-- a model called on this list "the best upright ever made" by some members, a few years back). With them comes an astonishing (sorry, just 1) matching, mechanical, "Eastlake" piano chair with a rack-and-pinion seat raising mechanism. 1 ornate, rosewood,1899 Knabe upright with a fretwork-over-silk front. 1 5'2" Mathushek grand with (count 'em!) FIVE hardwood posts running perpendicular to the belly rail!!! 1  5'7" Conover model 77 grand. 1  5'8" Chickering Ampico reproducer (1920) with 600 rolls,
 about 400 of them Ampico rolls, mostly recuts.All pianos are guaranteed good-to-excellent rebuild stock, and certified mouse-house FREE!Thumpe(706) 351-7817  
 

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 From:  Euphonious Thumpe <lclgcnp at yahoo.com>; 
To:  <pianotech at ptg.org>; 
Subject:  [pianotech] Who wants an ornate, screw-stringer Mason and Hamlin upright located in Athens, Georgia? 
Sent:  Tue, Aug 14, 2012 4:35:51 AM 
  
Subject says it all. Seems to be in very good, unrestored condition.Thumpe  
 

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 From:  David Weiss <davidweiss at embarqmail.com>; 
To:  <pianotech at ptg.org>; 
Subject:  Re: [pianotech] Slightly OT: Movie recommendation 
Sent:  Tue, Aug 14, 2012 1:18:02 AM 
  
Last year I read a book called "Shop Class As Soulcraft, An Inquiry into the
Value of Work", by Matthew Crawford. He has a master's degree in philosophy
but earns his living repairing motorcycles.  There are amazing similarities
between his work and ours, especially some of the customer interactions.
Many of them had me laughing out loud because they were so familiar. He also
gets into global economics, our educational system, and the practical and
philosophical aspects of fixing things for a living. 

If you have the time give this book a try, it left me feeling very good
about my choice of profession.

David Weiss

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of David Love
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 2:53 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: [pianotech] Slightly OT: Movie recommendation

For a good movie which parallels to our own commitment to craft see "Jiro
Dreams of Sushi"  

David Love
http://www.davidlovepianos.com/
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