[CAUT] topstick

Richard Murphy rmurphy at siue.edu
Fri Sep 18 08:34:38 MDT 2009


The last time I sent an email order it was answered by Holly at steinway.com,
but the order I sent to parts at steinway.com
Richard


On 9/18/09 9:14 AM, "Fred Sturm" <fssturm at unm.edu> wrote:

> Shannon's been gone a few years, and Chad Fry left this spring. Terry Walsh is
> now parts head. I'd guess twalsh at steinway.com, but I don't have his card where
> I am now.
> On Sep 18, 2009, at 1:09 AM, wimblees at aol.com wrote:
> 
>> Bob
>>  
>>  
>>  
>> E-mail Shanon Rebele at SRebele at steinway.com. You'll get through much faster.
>> I do believe the "topstick tongue" is the same as the short stick, and it
>> comes in a satin ebony finish.
>>  
>>  
>> BTW, when I was at UA, a lot of voice performers wanted the lid lower than
>> the short stick, but not all the way down. So for a while they put a black
>> board eraser under the lid. Then someone suggested I cut a nickel lid prop
>> down to about 5", and screw it on the lid prop. Worked great. I put one on
>> three of the performing pianos, and they were used constantly
>>  
>>  
>> Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT
>>  Piano Tuner/Technician
>>  Mililani, Oahu, HI
>>  808-349-2943
>>  Author of: 
>>  The Business of Piano Tuning
>>  available from Potter Press
>>  www.pianotuning.com <http://www.pianotuning.com>
>>  
>>  
>>  -----Original Message-----
>>  From: Bob Hull <hullfam5 at yahoo.com>
>>  To: caut at ptg.org
>>  Sent: Thu, Sep 17, 2009 6:41 pm
>>  Subject: [CAUT] topstick
>>  
>>  
>> I need to order a short stick for a Steinway D.   In the parts catalog, I see
>> a 
>> topstick tongue.  Is that the same thing as the short stick?
>> Also, it comes as ebony finished if wanted - I wonder if that will be gloss
>> or 
>> satin.   If it's high polish I'll have to rub it out to a satin.  Steinway
>> parts 
>> dept. just had an answering machine and they haven't called back.
>> 
>> 
>> Bob Hull
>> 
>> 
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>  
> Regards,
> Fred Sturm
> University of New Mexico
> fssturm at unm.edu
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