Warning: a little humor

[Jim Coleman, Sr.]

Hi Jim:

It never ceases to amaze me how that you with a good dictionary and 
thesaurus can give so much good solid logic to us butterflies.

Jim Coleman, Sr.

On Sun, 9 May 1999 JIMRPT@AOL.COM wrote:

> 
> In a message dated 5/09/1999 10:27:56 AM, Ron wrote:
> 
> <<Thanks Ron, Jim B, and Jim C, but why would just three agraffes out of the
> set do this?>>
> 
> Butterfly, why(?) is a question man has asked through the ages and to 
> discover the fullness of truth we must decide why(?) we are asking why(?). Is 
> it to render the effects of the situation differently and perhaps changing 
> them by knowing the answer? Not likely.   Is it to understand what is 
> happening so that we can change the effects of the situation by 
manipulatio? > Quite likely.
>   That being the case we must do "something differently" as in your case of 
> 'agraffe squeaky gremlins' There are at least four different , yet related, 
> causes for a "pip squeak' agraffe:
> 1. Shape of the hole.
> 2. Composition of the brass.
> 3. Condition of the string.
> 4. Up, or down, pressure on the agraffe. 
>   Therefore changing any one of these factors will change the situation 
> obtaining and only have three consequences possible:
> A. Get rid of the 'pip squeaks'
> B. Make the 'pip squeaks' worse or, change the sound.
> C. Make no change at all.
>   Therefore you have only two possible decisions
> 1.A. Change something.
> 2.B. Change nothing.
>   Possibly after you make your decision, and if it was 2.B., you will still 
> wonder why?...however if it was 1.A. and the 'pip squeak' goes away you will 
> also wonder why?
>   This is the aproximate state that you are in now....that of asking why(?). 
> So since the piano is strung and the 'pip squeaks' are in bass strings and 
> admittedly are not a problem except when tuning and then only a mild 
> annoyance......leave em alone !
>   Butterfly since 'you' can't change the composition of the agraffes or the 
> wire, without replacing, this only leaves you with two solutions. change the 
> up/down bearing or change the holes.
> 
>   As you have likely changed the up or down bearing already during 
> restringing that really only leaves you with one decision.......the hole.
> 
> Therfore be it resolved that you shall not replace/reuse agraffes without 
> paying attention to the hole, its' shape, and its' smoothness......paying 
> attention meaning to reshape/smooth off/smooth out/clean as needed. 
>  
>   This resolution will not answer why(?) of course :-) and gremlins, being 
> gremlins, will still cause mere humans to consider why?
> Jim Bryant (FL)
>