Ooh, Barbara. You're so baaaaad! :-) Avery At 01:47 PM 3/27/05, you wrote: >Why? So they'd be out there to aggravate Joe Garrett! > >:-) > >Barbara Richmond > > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Avery Todd" <avery1@houston.rr.com> >To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> >Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 1:31 PM >Subject: RE: Always Something New! > > >>Wow! Why????? :-( >>Avery >>At 07:46 AM 3/27/05, you wrote: >>>Avery: >>> >>>APSCO used to sell 7/0 tuning pins! >>> >>>dp >>> >>>David M. Porritt >>>dporritt@smu.edu >>> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On >>>Behalf Of Avery Todd >>>Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 8:51 PM >>>To: pianotech >>>Subject: Always Something New! >>> >>>List, >>> >>>I thought after almost 30 yrs., I'd seen just about everything. :-) >>> >>>Today, I was working on an old Baldwin grand (# 6030, I think) and >>>discovered >>>it had 6/0 pins! I knew they were out there, but I've never used them >>>and >>>wouldn't even consider it, actually! It also sounded like it had >>>concrete >>>hammers and the lady who had to play on it, just hated it! I couldn't >>>imagine >>>why! :-) >>> >>>Whoever "worked" on this piano however many years ago, didn't have a >>>clue about >>>hammer traveling! They were going every which way! One particularly bad >>>one I >>>took off the rail and there was a fairly thick sandpaper shim under the >>>flange. >>>When I took it off and reinstalled the hammer, it was really crooked! >>>Obviously, >>>he'd tried to straighten up a badly glued hammer by shimming. No matter >>>what it >>>did to the traveling. No hammer I took off had any traveling paper there >>>except >>>for the above problem! I think I spent almost 3 hrs. straightening out >>>all >>>that >>>mess! Amazing! :-( >>> >>>Sorry. Just venting a little. But at least, after finishing with it, she >>> >>>seemed >>>to love it! But what a way to spend an Easter Saturday! Oh well, I can >>>pay >>>another bill or two now! :-) >>> >>>Avery >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >>>_______________________________________________ >>>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >>_______________________________________________ >>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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