[CAUT] Fun recycling

[Zeno Wood]

Last December I had a bunch of old hammers and shanks - I thought about
putting out the old parts, white glue, and green and red sparkle (which I
had on hand for some reason) in the music student lounge area for the
students to make their own decorations.  Got too busy, and the moment
passed.  Maybe this year...


On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Paul T Williams <
pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu> wrote:

> That keyboard art is really cool!  Thanks for sharing.  I have made
> interesting "arrangements" of de-strung piano wire with good coils in tact
> like a flower bouquet.  My mother-in-law has one in a vase in her home.  I'm
> thinking of making a Christmas wreath out of hammers/shanks for this holiday
> season...painted red, of course!  Go Huskers! Maybe green knuckles.....Also
> made a keychain from a 1890 Steinway upright hammer (no shank)
>
> Have fun everyone!
> Paul
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>  From: Zeno Wood <zeno.wood at gmail.com> To: caut at ptg.org Date: 09/16/2009
> 02:05 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Fun recycling
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> I give parts to a professor who is an amateur artist, I'm attaching a
> photos of one of his pieces.  I also pop the hammer heads off the shanks and
> give them to students for their keychains, they love 'em!
>
> -Zeno Wood
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> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Paul T Williams <*
> pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu* <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu>> wrote:
> Does everyone out there simply throw out your worn out action parts?  I
> have done so for years. until today.  I just finished installing new hammers
> and shanks on a practice room grand.  I took the old parts, put them in a
> box, put it outside the door of my shop with a sign saying,"Free Steinway
> Hammers".  It's been about an hour, and most of them are now gone!  I heard
> lots of students talking about it and searching for certain numbers like
> 21,22,23 etc.  probably their ages.
>
> Just thought it would be a fun experiment....and it's working.
>
> The 'green' technician
> Paul
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