Excellent :>) From: "Elwood Doss" <edoss at utm.edu> To: <caut at ptg.org> Date: 10/28/2009 09:28 AM Subject: Re: [CAUT] pin drop I’ll do it! Joy! Elwood From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Paul T Williams Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 9:08 AM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] pin drop Pics? From: "Elwood Doss" <edoss at utm.edu> To: <caut at ptg.org> Date: 10/28/2009 08:53 AM Subject: Re: [CAUT] pin drop Me and my work-study students installed “stretchers” near the bottom of the legs on our benches and we’ve never had to replace a bench since. I got the idea from a replacement bench we purchased from one of the piano supply houses and, after looking at it, decided we could do the same thing. I used an exotic, dense wood for the narrow strips and, since the benches were black, covering screw holes and painting them were not a problem. The first year I was here we replaced 3 benches and I repaired a couple of others. After adding the stretchers I’ve not touched a bench. That was 7 years ago. Saved the Department several thousand dollars! Joy! Elwood Rev. Elwood Doss, Jr., RPT Piano Technician/Technical Director Department of Music The University of Tennessee at Martin Martin, TN 38238 731/881-1852 Fax: 731/881-7415 From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Paul T Williams Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 8:43 AM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] pin drop Yes! And they're not perfect ;>) Actually, I'm wondering why, in 3.5 years I never had much problem with bench repairs, and then wham! Benches are breaking right and left! Some broken by students, some by professors. Hmmmm... Paul From: "Dempsey Jr., Paul E" <dempsey at marshall.edu> To: "caut at ptg.org" <caut at ptg.org> Date: 10/28/2009 08:36 AM Subject: [CAUT] pin drop Hmmm, CAUT is real quiet the last few days. Is everyone busy out checking their becket placement? Paul E. Dempsey, RPT Piano Technician Sr. Marshall University Huntington, WV 304-696-5418 304-617-1149 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20091028/31b39e29/attachment-0001.htm>
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