should I repair, replace, retreat, or recommend a recking ball on Thomas vertical?

[Joel A. Jones]

Mark,

I'll be watching the Southern border of Madison.  No  room
for any more interesting nonstandard pianos in this part of
Wisconsin.

I know - there is a Chapter program in this mess somewhere.
As Chairman of that committee what an easy program for
you.

Joel
Joel Jones, RPT
Madison, WIl
On Jul 25, 2006, at 10:15 PM, Barbara Richmond wrote:

> There is no future for the piano.  There was one in my area, that got 
> sold
> to someone else <after> I had condemned it.  Then I got <another> call
> from the people who bought it from them...
>
> Sort of makes one wonder about some folks' ethics.
>
> Who knows, maybe the very same piano made its way up there to 
> Wisconsin.
> I wonder how many miles north it traveled with each sale?  :-)
>
> No, actually the one I saw had keys breaking at a pivot where a 
> balance pin
> should have been.  Can't really remember what the connection was 
> like--all I
> recall was it was <different>.
>
> Barbara Richmond, RPT
> near Peoria, Illinois
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Ultsch" <multsch at jvlnet.com>
> To: "pianotech" <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 10:56 AM
> Subject: should I repair, replace, retreat,or recommend a recking ball 
> on
> Thomas vertical?
>
>
>> hi folks,
>>
>> I've run across an "interesting" non-standard piano with an
>> uninteresting problem.
>>
>> It is a Thomas model PT vertical.  Serial no. 041384.  The nameplate
>> lists the manufacturer as Thomas Organ of Sepulveda California.
>> Pierce atlas lists only Thomas Piano (not Thomas Organ) as being from
>> Sepulveda.  So, how old is this, anyway?
>>
>