Chiiiing! (Watch for richochet!)

Daryl Matthies pianotec@hcsinc.com
Wed, 14 Aug 1996 11:28:36 -0500


Hi Jeff, List,

Point well taken about the ricochet.

The piano I have to destroy is moisture damaged beyond economical repair.

I saw a picture in a magazine once, about a wood worker who built a nice
book case out of a small grand cabinet including the bench.  If I remember
correctly, the bench was leggless (is that a word?), and inside he stored
his booze.  Not a bad idea for a Kimball Le Petite, ha?

Daryl Matthies
Mathis Piano Service

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From: 	TunerJeff@aol.com[SMTP:TunerJeff@aol.com]
Sent: 	Tuesday, August 13, 1996 10:01 AM
To: 	pianotech@byu.edu
Subject: 	Chiiiing! (Watch for richochet!)

Dear Daryl,
      It can be fun and entertaining... but DO be respectful of the weapons
and target!

     A piano's plate is multi-faceted, dense, and quite capable of
returning
whatever you fling at it BACK in your direction. In all honesty, I would
not
repeat the experiment again. One concession to safety was leaning the piano
slightly forward, so that the bulk of the reflected shots were driven into
the ground at the foot of the instrument (... I use the term loosely) in
similiar fashion to the angled steel found at the rear of indoor shooting
ranges. Of course, the crunched front legs made that easier to arrange!

      Nonetheless, wear hearing protection (...especially if your buddy
plans
to use an elephant-gun!) and keep clear of your neighbor's muzzle-flash,
all
automatic-weapons flinging shells, and irate return-fire from the target of
the day!

Yours in advisement,
Jeff

ps-
    The only pianos I have ever destroyed or thrown away are the two (count
'em, two!) that I listed in that post. Each piano ever built is the
culmination of hundreds of hours
 (... or years) of design, thought,  & labor. I just can't bring myself to
be
responsible for the death of a piano, in most cases. I have delivered the
benediction on a few over the years... but the owner gets the job of
disposing of it! Both of the pianos I listed were TOTALLY beyond any chance
of repair... but I saved the actions out of both of 'em.
I can't get away from the fact that each piano was once new... and graced
the
home of some budding pianist, or church, or school, or.... well, you get
the
picture.
     Guess I don't want to be haunted by piano-spectres in the
night(...also
am a softy-at-heart, I suppose). Mebbe they'll be waiting on the farside!!!




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