At 07:27 5/25/2005 -0400, you wrote: >If the hammers are in good shape, yank a few off and junk the rest of the >piano (assuming it is DOA of course). When started in this business I >started to make a good stockpile of used parts from actions, etc. I think >I filled about three boxes. I still have the three boxes. > >Ooops, I take that back - I had an art student from the local university >call asking for piano parts and I gave her a set of keys and hammers/butts >- she made some kind of free-form art creation with it. By far, the best >destiny for those old action parts. But I still have the two boxes! > >Unless you have a lot of art students calling you for parts, don't save >much from the old beast - you'll just waste shop space. > >Terry Farrell Cut down to 15-20 each of weird old parts and you'll be happier, need smaller parts bins and still leave plenty of things for them to scratch their heads over at your estate sale... Conrad Hoffsommer It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object realize that you are in a hurry.
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