Richard Kingsbury made a cool gram gauge with a damper block, a tongue depressor and a short length of piano wire. He gave them out at a class he taught. Pretty clever, huh? If I can lay my hand on mine, I'll send a picture. Laura On Mar 15, 2012, at 11:10 AM, Mark Schecter wrote: > I propose we morph this economic tragedy into a contest to see how many ingenious (or not) TOOLS > can be concocted from the provided materials. > > I'll start. > > Two hammer files, each with different grits of abrasive. Just add abrasives and glue. > Glue spreaders. > Paper > Bookmark > Elastic battery organizers > Musical self-entertainment device > > Oh, that last was already done. Sorry, lost my head. Carry on. > > ~ Mark Schecter > > On Mar 15, 2012, at 7:49 AM, Barbara Richmond <piano57 at comcast.net> wrote: > >> Hey, I have a good sense of humor, but I thought it was weird. >> >> Signed, >> Ann Enigma >> >> From: "David Porritt" <dmporritt at gmail.com> >> To: pianotech at ptg.org >> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 9:28:31 AM >> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Kazoo Contest >> >> My wife liked the kazoo! >> >> In the software changeover the list of members who have a “lighter side” was lost so they had to send the kazoo to everyone including both the “lighter side” list and the “curmudgeon list”. I’ll offer to work with the Home Office to recreate those two lists! >> >> J >> >> dp >> >> ______________________ >> David M. Porritt >> dmporritt at gmail.com >> >> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of William Monroe >> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 7:25 AM >> To: pianotech at ptg.org >> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Kazoo Contest >> >> All due respect folks, but, really? >> >> An extremely inexpensive attempt at introducing some levity into the convention via the registration process/making funny video's is made, and is met with this kind of vitriol, directed at our leadership? I would suggest that to someone who has no prejudices against the "leadership", this appears as though folks are really looking hard for reasons to not like them. And - I would guess this is something produced by the Institute Committee, rather than the "leadership." >> >> Lighten up, it's two tongue depressors and a piece of paper to introduce some humor. Is it really such a cataclysmic event that it needs this kind of ire? I don't really think so. Lighten up folks. >> >> William R. Monroe >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 5:27 AM, Barbara Richmond <piano57 at comcast.net> wrote: >> It is very strange. Perhaps there is some nifty tool that can be made with the tongue depressors.... :-) >> >> Barbara Richmond, RPT >> near Peoria, Illinois >> >> From: "Dale Erwin" <erwinspiano at aol.com> >> To: joegarrett at earthlink.net, pianotech at ptg.org >> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 12:04:46 AM >> >> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Kazoo Contest >> >> Yeah and why? 4k members times how much? >> >> Dale Erwin RPT- >> Mason & Hamlin/Steinway/U.S pianos >> Pre-hung Ronsen hammer sets/Abel parts >> Sitka Soundboards & Supplies >> WWW.Erwinspiano.com >> 209-577-8397 >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Joseph Garrett <joegarrett at earthlink.net> >> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> >> Sent: Wed, Mar 14, 2012 8:14 pm >> Subject: [pianotech] Kazoo Contest >> >> I suppose all of you have recieved the totally juvenile Kazoo Kit with your >> Journal. I'm wondering where that came from? Sheesh! >> Joe >> >> >> Joe Garrett, R.P.T. >> Captain of the Tool Police >> Squares R I >> >> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120315/45a2cf7b/attachment.htm>
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