[CAUT] Fun recycling

[Paul T Williams]

Hey, Wim,

Did you visit with the kids to tell them about pianos?  We have a 
childrens' museum in Lincoln and I have thought about making an 
"out-reach" visit to the kids to tell them about pianos and how they work. 
 Great PR for the university. I could give out parts to kids for a fun 
sort of thing. (no vertigris 1098 hammers! ha ha)
Paul



From:
wimblees at aol.com
To:
caut at ptg.org
Date:
09/16/2009 01:17 PM
Subject:
Re: [CAUT] Fun recycling



When I was in Tuscaloosa, I took old parts to a children's hands on 
museum. The kids used the parts to make mobiles. If Lincoln doesn't have 
that kind of museum, perhaps you can give them to a pre-school. 

Wim

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu>
To: CAUTlist <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Wed, Sep 16, 2009 8:12 am
Subject: [CAUT] Fun recycling

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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