This is a multipart message in MIME format ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment ric, I really suggest you get ahold of Bill's many articles from the= PTG Journal. They changed the way many of us work on pianos. = David I. Original message From: To: Received: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 21:34:53 EDT Subject: Re: trimming new pre-cut damper felts for S&S Dear Michael (and probably the majority of UK Technicians), Isn't this Spurlocktools site a revelation??? Did we know of these specialist pieces of equipment? The damper= cutting guide, the hammer hanging guide? etc etc. I have felt pretty ashamed of the narrow-minded and parochial UK= approach to piano technology for a long time. Since subscribing= to the Piano Technicians' Journal a couple of years ago= (although I have known of its existence for many years) I have= come to realise how backward we are in the UK when it comes to= new ideas and approaches to many basic techniques. It makes me= very annoyed that we have been so heavily influenced by the 'Old= Guard' approach which has involved 'apprenticeships' in grubby= family-owned workshops where there has been no interest in new= ideas or any sense of moving forward. There may have been a parallel situation in USA in the past, but= there is no doubt that the USA piano scene is far more healthy= than ours. I could go on, and on, and on about this, but I= will restrain myself. However, I do believe in dumping the muting strip as soon as= possible for laying the bearings. Sorry about that!!! ric ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/99/13/c4/1a/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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