Pilgram's Progress, (was electric)

[Farrell]

I have a bone to pick with anyone that tries to put an old worn out spinet
in the junkyard. These are universally wonderful objects (except the ones
made of particle board).

Recently, I turned one into the best, most solid, musical (you should hear
it when you drop a wrench on it!) regulating table I have ever seen
(pictures available - I wish I knew how to do a sound clip). Today, I will
be putting up a couple shelves in my shop - one narrow one (the lid to a
Lester spinet), and one wide one (the kneeboard from same). I was eyeing the
hinged fallboard this morning - it's gonna make a handy fold-away shelf -
not sure for what yet. Please, help these beauties continue their timeless
service!

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 11:10 AM
Subject: Re: Pilgram's Progress, (was electric)


> > Am I the only one that wanted to specialize, even to the exclusion
> >of the smallest, least costly pianos?
> >Regards to all,
> >Ed Foote RPT
>
>
> Of course not. Everyone, regardless of that they currently say or think
> they think, slogs through some aspects of their business that they would
> like to scrape off once and for all. It's just not in us to be entirely
> happy with anything we have or do. For me, from a service standpoint, it's
> the old dead pianos of any size or shape. I don't have physical problems
> relating to any particular piano type (except squares), so it's not a
> vertical/grand thing for me, and there are altogether too many "grands"
out
> there that aren't. If it's no longer reasonably serviceable, or never has
> been since birth (even if it's right off the factory delivery truck),
let's
> send it back, rebuild it, or add it to the crappie shelter. I'm not
> interested in trying to reanimate corpses, but I'll give my best shot to
an
> honest resurrection - with someone else doing the refinishing.
>
> I never much cared for studio work either. Those folks are DEEPLY wacked.
>
>
> Ron N
>