using fans, and PSOs

[Greg Newell]

Clair,
         I too, have never seen anything like that. Thanks for sharing!

Greg Newell


At 06:20 AM 6/24/2002, you wrote:
>Without a fan, I would be incapacitated in the summer. 99.9 percent
>of the pianos I tune are uprights and I have a small round, tiltable
>fan that sits on the floor slightly to the left of the left toe and
>blows up at my side, with the strongest breeze *away* from the
>piano.
>If I didn't use a fan and still managed to tune, my body heat, only
>a foot or so from the plate would melt the sucker! Never mind sweat
>dripping on the keys and the finish :)))
>O-- on another subject. . . I have heard about the "PSOs" and worked
>on quite a few. But, I am with Bill and others on this one: If all I
>had to do was work on new Steinways, Yamahas, Petrofs, etc. I would
>not be in this business. And that is really true. The world of
>Franklin County, Vermont is full of old pianos, providing an endless
>stream of "wows", "I'll be darned", "I've never seen anything like
>this before", "rats", "amazing", "incredible tone for an old
>feller", etc.
>Just yesterday I learned that a fine technician of 20+ years in our
>area had never run across a straight strung spinet with a single
>bridge and I had one in my shop! The thingee has ivory keys
>(perfect) as well. And, for a spinet, it's not bad sounding at all.
>If you are curious, I posted pics on the web. (They are a bit large
>because I wanted detail (20 and 40 sec at 2400 respectively).
>http://www.vt2000.com/cps/winter1.jpg
>
>http://www.vt2000.com/cps/winter2.jpg
>
>
>Cheers,
>Clair

Greg Newell
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