Pianotech Digest, Vol 1273, Issue 105

pianotune05 pianotune05 at comcast.net
Mon Mar 20 05:50:26 MST 2006


Hi JOe,
That might be a good idea. ;)  LOL  Actually, what is the dress code for 
convention.  I'm hoping the docker and casual shirt thing will work.  I'm 
certain that shorts aren't appropriate which I don't wear for business 
anyway. I'll be looking for that big rough guy with the lapel buttons. :)
Marshall
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett at earthlink.net>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 1:43 AM
Subject: RE: Pianotech Digest, Vol 1273, Issue 105


> Marshall, the oblivious said: "HI Joe,
> Sorry no lapel here, dockers and golf/casual shirts all the way unless
> otherwise specified in Rochester. :)"
>
> Marshall,
> Ah yes, one of the slovenly ones!<G> Don't forget your Burkenstocks to 
> give
> us the full "treatment".
>
> Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon)
> Captain, Tool Police
> Squares R I
>
>
>
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>> Date: 3/19/06 9:25:46 PM
>> Subject: Pianotech Digest, Vol 1273, Issue 105
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>>    1. Re: moi (pianotune05 at comcast.net)
>>    2. Re: moi (pianotune05 at comcast.net)
>>    3. Re: moi (pianotune05 at comcast.net)
>>    4. Re: CA delivery apparatus (Dave Doremus)
>>    5. Re: Listers at Rochester  (pianotune05 at comcast.net)
>>    6. Re: Hearing (pianotune05 at comcast.net)
>>    7. Re: Flash, Flash: LET THERE BE LIGHT (Joe And Penny Goss)
>>    8. CA delivery apparatus (Israel Stein)
>>    9. Re: Pianola (Wayne M. Williams)
>>   10. Re: CA delivery apparatus (Dave McKibben)
>>   11. Re: CA delivery apparatus (John Ross)
>>   12. Re: ear plugs (DIANE HOFSTETTER)
>>   13. Re: ear plugs (pianotune05 at comcast.net)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 04:04:29 +0000
>> From: pianotune05 at comcast.net
>> Subject: Re: moi
>> To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
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>> HI Joe,
>> Sorry no lapel here, dockers and golf/casual shirts all the way unless
> otherwise specified in Rochester. :)
>> Marshall
>>
>> -------------- Original message -------------- 
>> From: "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett at earthlink.net>
>>
>> Alan said: "
>> Marshall, Joe has a reputation for being a little crusty and speaking his
> mind, but he is a vast treasure-trove of piano knowledge and is willing to
> share it. He's actually quite loveable though never, perhaps, cuddly. Take
> his convention classes."
>>
>> Alan et al,
>> Cuddly I ain't! Crusty?....More like cantankerous.<G> Loveable?....Nah!
> <G> One word sums it up: CURMUDGEON!<G> (I do it in honor of the original
> "Curmudgeon", Al Sites.)
>> Sorry to say, since I've taken on the job of RVP, I won't be teaching at
> the National. It goes with the job! Damn! I really do like the classroom
> thingee! So much to teach/learn, never enough time.
>> BTW, I do speak my mind, (what's left of it!<G>
>> See you all in Rochester....I'm the one with all the buttons on his
> lapel!<G>
>>
>>
>> Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon)
>> Captain, Tool Police
>> Squares R I
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>> Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 04:06:00 +0000
>> From: pianotune05 at comcast.net
>> Subject: Re: moi
>> To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
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>> RVP,Recreational Vehicle Person? Would that be a class A, B or C?
>> Marshall
>>
>> -------------- Original message -------------- 
>> From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>
>>
>> What's an RVP?
>>
>> Terry Farrell
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> SNIP
>> Sorry to say, since I've taken on the job of RVP,
>> SNIP
>> Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 04:09:01 +0000
>> From: pianotune05 at comcast.net
>> Subject: Re: moi
>> To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
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>> Why just "What he wrote?"  :)
>> Marshall
>>
>>
>> -------------- Original message -------------- 
>> From: John Ross <jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca>
>>
>> Are these buttons on your lapel, for pushing. If so let me know, which
> one not to push. :-)
>> Looking forward to seeing, all the 'listees' from the list.
>> Are we going to have a get together as before?
>> We had a meeting of the listers, at Arlington, and Nashville, if I
> remember correctly.
>> Maybe we should all wear a purple glue on sticker to our badge, that way,
> we would know, who we were.
>> It is so nice to put a name to a face, and I haven't heard of anyone
> getting punched out yet, for what he wrote. :-)
>> John M. Ross
>> Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
>> jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: Joseph Garrett
>> To: pianotech
>> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 1:58 PM
>> Subject: Re: moi
>>
>>
>> Alan said: "
>> Marshall, Joe has a reputation for being a little crusty and speaking his
> mind, but he is a vast treasure-trove of piano knowledge and is willing to
> share it. He's actually quite loveable though never, perhaps, cuddly. Take
> his convention classes."
>>
>> Alan et al,
>> Cuddly I ain't! Crusty?....More like cantankerous.<G> Loveable?....Nah!
> <G> One word sums it up: CURMUDGEON!<G> (I do it in honor of the original
> "Curmudgeon", Al Sites.)
>> Sorry to say, since I've taken on the job of RVP, I won't be teaching at
> the National. It goes with the job! Damn! I really do like the classroom
> thingee! So much to teach/learn, never enough time.
>> BTW, I do speak my mind, (what's left of it!<G>
>> See you all in Rochester....I'm the one with all the buttons on his
> lapel!<G>
>>
>>
>> Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon)
>> Captain, Tool Police
>> Squares R I
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>> Message: 4
>> Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 21:09:01 -0600
>> From: Dave Doremus <algiers_piano at bellsouth.net>
>> Subject: Re: CA delivery apparatus
>> To: ed440 at mindspring.com, Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
>> Message-ID: <p06110412c043ccc18f02@[68.212.97.156]>
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>> On 3/19/06, ed440 at mindspring.com said:
>>
>> >Jon-
>> >
>> >I just snapped a thin hypodermic needle onto the tip of a 1 ounce
>> >bottle of thin CA.
>>
>>
>> Ed, I like that idea. I have struggled with this process, nothing
>> seems to deliver a fine enough drop with reliability. Do you have a
>> source for needles that fit CA bottles?
>> -- 
>> ----Dave
>>
>>
>> -----------------------------
>> Dave Doremus, RPT
>> New Orleans
>> ------------------------------
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>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 5
>> Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 04:16:26 +0000
>> From: pianotune05 at comcast.net
>> Subject: Re: Listers at Rochester
>> To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
>> Message-ID:
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>> I'm looking forward to meeting everyone from the list.  This is my first
> convention , so I'm not sure where to begin as soon as I get my wife and
> son all situated in the hotel room etc. They'll  have fun checking out the
> sky way and mall while I hunt down Joe and even Ron May, come what may.
>>
>> Marshall
>>
>> -------------- Original message -------------- 
>> From: "J. Stanley Ryberg" <jstan40 at sbcglobal.net>
>>
>> And at Chicago, too, John!  But I asked the same question last year
> concerning the convention at KC and received a pretty fast, curt "no,"
> which is why I'm very glad YOU asked the question this time!  It really
> wouldn't take much, would it...between sessions, for example?
>>
>> Looking forward to seeing you again, John...and many, many others!
>>
>> Looking forward to seeing, all the 'listees' from the list.
>> Are we going to have a get together as before?
>> We had a meeting of the listers, at Arlington, and Nashville, if I
> remember correctly.
>> Maybe we should all wear a purple glue on sticker to our badge, that way,
> we would know, who we were.
>> It is so nice to put a name to a face, and I haven't heard of anyone
> getting punched out yet, for what he wrote. :-)
>> John M. Ross
>> Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
>> jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
>>
>>
>>
>> Stan Ryberg
>> Barrington IL
>> jstan40 at sbcglobal.net
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>> Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 04:20:01 +0000
>> From: pianotune05 at comcast.net
>> Subject: Re: Hearing
>> To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
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>> Hi Carl,
>> I think that's the case, we focus better, but I do think too that we also
> learn to use it to our fullest ability since our visual senses are either
> not working or working to a less capacity.  I'm the same way although not
> totall blind, but I can tell when a unison is out at our church and it 
> bugs
> me to death.  Our pastor doesn't want to pay for a tuning so I either do a
> free one or wait until Jesus comes back.  So I figure I'll do a free one
> for the practice.
>> Marshall
>>
>> -------------- Original message -------------- 
>> From: carlteplitski <koko99 at shaw.ca>
>>
>> (  Cautiously jumpimg in here. )   Told by a Dr. friend   many years ago
> that  people who
>> can't see, "don't" actually hear better physically, but do focus better,
> because they are not as distracted.
>> I used to  tune for a blind musician,  and learned very quickly to pay
> attention when he thought
>> a note was not right. He was always correct, and it bothered him more
> than other musicians. ( not piano ).
>>
>>
>> Carl / Winnipeg
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Alan Barnard wrote:
>> Marshall, I'd like you meet Joe Garrett.
>>
>> Joe, this is Marshall Somebodyoranother.
>>
>> Marshall, Joe has a reputation for being a little crusty and speaking his
> mind, but he is a vast treasure-trove of piano knowledge and is willing to
> share it. He's actually quite loveable though never, perhaps, cuddly. Take
> his convention classes.
>>
>> Joe, Marshall here is somewhat like I was, years ago, when I joined the
> list, i.e., trying a little too hard to fit in, perhaps. Personality-wise,
> he may be more like you.
>>
>> Oh, dear.
>>
>> Let the games begin!
>>
>> Alan Barnard
>> Salem, Missouri
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: Joseph Garrett
>> To: pianotech
>> Sent: 03/19/2006 1:24:59 AM
>> Subject: Hearing
>>
>>
>> Marshall, the naive said: "...but since I'm sight impaired, my hearing is
> so acute."
>>
>> Marshall,
>> If you believe that crap, I feel sorry for you. There have been many
> studies in regards to the Urban Legend: "Blind people can hear better", 
> all
> have proven that Blind people do not have any better/worse hearing than
> visual types. Sheesh! If it's so "acute", why is it that you are having
> difficulty mastering TUNING?
>>
>>
>> Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon)
>> Captain, Tool Police
>> Squares R I
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>> Message: 7
>> Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 21:30:28 -0700
>> From: "Joe And Penny Goss" <imatunr at srvinet.com>
>> Subject: Re: Flash, Flash: LET THERE BE LIGHT
>> To: <tune4u at earthlink.net>, "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
>> Message-ID: <030b01c64bd7$058e46e0$e437bbd0 at setup00>
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>>
>> Hi Alan,
>> I must admit I was dazzled by the light you show and sold it for a while.
>> Went back to old tech becuase the light cast too many shadows for me to
> see clearly.
>> Glad you like them <G>
>> Joe Goss RPT
>> Mother Goose Tools
>> imatunr at srvinet.com
>> www.mothergoosetools.com
>>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>>   From: Alan Barnard
>>   To: Pianotech
>>   Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 8:24 PM
>>   Subject: Flash, Flash: LET THERE BE LIGHT
>>
>>
>>
>>   If you don't have one of these yet, go buy it tomorrow! Absolutely
> super for action work; you'll wonder how you ever ...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   Got mine at Lowe's but here's the distributor's direct website:
> http://www.coastaltool.com/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/hand_tools/coast/led-lenser.
> htm?E+coastest
>>
>>   Alan Barnard
>>   Salem, Missouri
>>
>>   P.S. Isn't it curious that most piano techs are always in search of the
> perfect light to see what we are doing, yet a small percentage of us can 
> do
> it as well (or better) in total darkness.
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>> Message: 8
>> Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 20:25:40 -0800
>> From: Israel Stein <custos3 at comcast.net>
>> Subject: CA delivery apparatus
>> To: pianotech at ptg.org
>> Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20060319201656.08c334e0 at comcast.net>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
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>> At 07:34 PM 3/19/2006, John Ross wrote:
>>
>>
>> >Why can't you get a good supply of needles?
>> >I just go to may drugstore, and they say, what size, and how many.
>> >John M. Ross
>> >Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
>>
>> In most jurisdictions down here in the States, John, the sale of
>> hypodermic needles is restricted. Very restricted. And in many places
>> possession without a prescription is illegal. Junkies use them for
>> purposes other than dispensing CA glue, you know...   I've been
>> hoarding my supply that I got many years ago in New Mexico where the
>> restrictions weren't quite so tight and a friend of mine managed a
>> pharmacy... I suppose than I could now get my doctor to give me a
>> prescription - having lived long enough to reach the age of Type II
> Diabetes...
>>
>> Israel Stein
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 9
>> Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 22:55:41 -0500
>> From: "Wayne M. Williams" <wwilliams11 at nycap.rr.com>
>> Subject: Re: Pianola
>> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
>> Message-ID: <002501c64bd2$28d6f7f0$640fa8c0 at wwilliams11>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
>> reply-type=response
>>
>> Dear Everyone:
>> Thank you kindly for your help. I will get Reblitz's Player Piano book,
> but
>> I am not sure if I want to take that kind of repair on. As of now, the
> pano
>> does not "work". You can work the pedals, but the vacuum isn't sufficient
> to
>> work the keys. I read an electric motor made for these pianos is good to
>> install as well as the other necessary
>> repairs.
>>
>> Wayne Williams
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "John Ross" <jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca>
>> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 1:49 PM
>> Subject: Re: Pianola
>>
>>
>> > If you are interested in knowing about player pianos, Arthur Reblitz,
>> > wrote a book, called Player Piano Servicing and Rebuilding.
>> > We all know the good reputation his Piano book has, well this does the
>> > same for player pianos.
>> > John M. Ross
>> > Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
>> > jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
>> > ----- Original Message ----- 
>> > From: "Wayne M. Williams" <wwilliams11 at nycap.rr.com>
>> > To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
>> > Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 2:16 PM
>> > Subject: Re: Pianola
>> >
>> >
>> >> Hello Everyone:
>> >>
>> >> One of my clients has a 50 or so key Pianoa player piano. I got the
> thing
>> >> apart and tuned, and managed to get it back together(whew!). Does
> anyone
>> >> know someone who is an expert in player pianos or could give some
>> >> references on how to fix them(make them work).
>> >>
>> >> Thanks.
>> >>
>> >> Wayne Williams
>> >> Schroon Lake, NY
>> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >> From: "ibetuner" <ibetuner at sbcglobal.net>
>> >> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
>> >> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 11:17 AM
>> >> Subject: Re: Excessive CA Glue
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>>
>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >>> From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com>
>> >>> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
>> >>> Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 9:16 AM
>> >>> Subject: Re: Excessive CA Glue
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>> I've got a suggestion that should be tried before debonder - and
>> >>>> should've
>> >>>> been tried before CA - if it's a new piano, call the manufacturer -
>> >>>> sounds
>> >>>> like a warranty issue if ever I've seen one!
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Terry Farrell
>> >>>>
>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >>>>
>> >>>> > Before using the debonder, or any other solvent, test a small
> amount
>> >>>> > on
>> >>>> > the
>> >>>> > plate finish, preferably in a hidden corner.
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > Next time, try one of those strap-on-the-head LED lamps.  It's
> part
>> >>>> > of
>> >>> my
>> >>>> > standard set-up for juicing a block.
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > Mike
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> >> [Original Message]
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >> Please Help...
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >> Tuned a new large grand piano for a show...never been tuned
> before.
>> >>> Piano
>> >>>> >> was about 30 cents flat.
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >> Tuning pins for E1 thru A1 acted as if they weren't even
> connected
>> >>>> >> to
>> >>> the
>> >>>> >> pinblock. Pulled up the pitch and with the hammer still on they
>> >>>> >> unwound
>> >>>> >> quicker 'n snot (My heart dropped).
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >> Was working on a dimmley lit stage and couldn't see how much CA
> glue
>> >>>> >> I
>> >>>> >> put
>> >>>> >> on the pins...got overrun on the plate (not my usual work). Also
>> >>>> >> under
>> >>>> > time
>> >>>> >> constraints. I've done a number of pinblocks with CA glue with
> great
>> >>>> >> results...works well and looks good.
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >> Pins held OK but would like to clean up the plate...anyone know
> of a
>> >>> way
>> >>>> > to
>> >>>> >> remove the CA Glue...Can I just use debonder?
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >> TNX in advance...
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >> Wayne Lutzow
>> >>>> >> Associate Member
>> >>>> >> Lincoln, CA
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> _______________________________________________
>> >>>> Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
>> >>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 10
>> Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 20:53:30 -0800
>> From: "Dave McKibben" <davespianotuning at earthlink.net>
>> Subject: Re: CA delivery apparatus
>> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>, ed440 at mindspring.com,
>> "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
>> Message-ID: <380-22006312045330578 at earthlink.net>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
>>
>> HI list:
>> Well........here in California where nothing is legal except illegals and
>> taxes, they will not give out needles over the counter at all.
>> Sure wish they would, but .......no deal here.
>>
>> Dave McKibben
>>
>>
>> > [Original Message]
>> > From: John Ross <jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca>
>> > To: <ed440 at mindspring.com>; Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
>> > Date: 3/19/2006 6:28:41 PM
>> > Subject: Re: CA delivery apparatus
>> >
>> > Why can't you get a good supply of needles?
>> > I just go to may drugstore, and they say, what size, and how many.
>> > John M. Ross
>> > Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
>> > jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
>> > ----- Original Message ----- 
>> > From: <ed440 at mindspring.com>
>> > To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
>> > Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 9:28 PM
>> > Subject: Re: CA delivery apparatus
>> >
>> >
>> > > Jon-
>> > >
>> > > I just snapped a thin hypodermic needle onto the tip of a 1 ounce
>> > > bottle of thin CA.
>> > >
>> > > I was able to get fairly small drops, one at a time without the
>> > > dribble that happens with the thin nylon tip extenders.  The drops
>> > > were small enough to do a discrete tuning pin job as you described.
>> > >
>> > > To clean it, I filled the syringe body with acetone and squirted it
>> > > through.  If I had a good supply of needles, I would just toss it
>> > > after use.
>> > >
>> > > Ed Sutton
>> > >
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > >>From: Jon Page <jonpage at comcast.net>
>> > >>Sent: Mar 19, 2006 7:04 AM
>> > >>To: pianotech at ptg.org
>> > >>Subject: CA delivery apparatus
>> > >>
>> > >>I've been mulling over means to apply CA to bridge pins
>> > >>and not risk flooding an area.
>> > >>
>> > >>The elongated tip on the bottle doesn't offer enough control.
>> > >>
>> > >>Once I tried a hypodermic needle and the plunger kept getting
>> > >>hung up (glued to the sides). If one were to lube the ways
>> > >>would the glue dissolve it anyway placing the lube in suspension?
>> > >>Does the plunger offer fine enough control? Is there an appliance
>> > >>with a screw drive whereby the plunger would be activated by
>> > >>finely controlled pressure?
>> > >>
>> > >>Another device might be a drafting pen (old fashioned variety).
>> > >>This might be the item because it can't dump excess by mistake.
>> > >>I hate it when that happens.
>> > >>
>> > >>An artist's fluid-writing pen might clog too easily. However there
>> > >>might be an application for a Speedball tip. (I've done calligraphy
>> > >>in the distant past, which comes in handy when lettering plates -
>> > >>fluid-writing pen and waterbased acrylic medium).
>> > >>
>> > >>An artist's brush will solidify and have too much area for pin-point
>> > >>application. I've used this before and was not satisfied.
>> > >>Two or three fine wires bundled together might work,
>> > >>sort of like a mini-pen/steel brush.
>> > >>
>> > >>Maybe the Moody Drip-o-lator?  (check the archive, it's in there)
>> > >>
>> > >>Any sure-fire delivery system out there?  Brainstorming welcome.
>> > >>
>> > >>I'll be suppressing the false beats on a treble bridge tomorrow.
>> > >>So far I'm leaning towards the drafting pen but will also experiment
>> > >>with a greased-up hypo.  An old-style drafting pen might be easier
>> > >>cleaning than a Speedball tip.
>> > >>-- 
>> > >>
>> > >>Regards,
>> > >>
>> > >>Jon Page
>> > >>_______________________________________________
>> > >>Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 11
>> Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 01:10:14 -0400
>> From: John Ross <jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca>
>> Subject: Re: CA delivery apparatus
>> To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
>> Message-ID: <002701c64bdc$92626c90$6400a8c0 at Ross>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1;
>> reply-type=response
>>
>> The zero tolerance law, had slipped my mind.
>> I suppose, I would be in trouble, if I had a bunch with me, and I was in
>> the USA.
>> You would think that if a person, could show a legitimate use for them,
>> like us, it would be allowed to have them.
>> John M. Ross
>> Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
>> jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Israel Stein" <custos3 at comcast.net>
>> To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
>> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 12:25 AM
>> Subject: CA delivery apparatus
>>
>>
>> > At 07:34 PM 3/19/2006, John Ross wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >>Why can't you get a good supply of needles?
>> >>I just go to may drugstore, and they say, what size, and how many.
>> >>John M. Ross
>> >>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
>> >
>> > In most jurisdictions down here in the States, John, the sale of
>> > hypodermic needles is restricted. Very restricted. And in many places
>> > possession without a prescription is illegal. Junkies use them for
>> > purposes other than dispensing CA glue, you know...   I've been
>> > hoarding my supply that I got many years ago in New Mexico where the
>> > restrictions weren't quite so tight and a friend of mine managed a
>> > pharmacy... I suppose than I could now get my doctor to give me a
>> > prescription - having lived long enough to reach the age of Type II
>> > Diabetes...
>> >
>> > Israel Stein
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 12
>> Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 21:02:34 -0800
>> From: "DIANE HOFSTETTER" <dianepianotuner at msn.com>
>> Subject: Re: ear plugs
>> To: pianotech at ptg.org
>> Message-ID: <BAY111-F187D7ECA89F98E6F233E3AA3DB0 at phx.gbl>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed
>>
>>
>> Paul Said
>> >Hi, Marshall:
>> > I use musician's earplugs from: www.musiciansfriend.com.  They are very
>> >inexpensive, around $15.00, and sell under the name "Hearos".  Go to 
>> >that
>> >website and type "Hearos" in their search box.  One size fits all, and
> they
>> >are very comfortable.
>>
>>
>>
>> Since ear canals come in different sizes, one size does NOT fit all.
> Women
>> have smaller diameter ear canals than men, and the sizes of the ear
> canals
>> vary by race.
>>
>> I tried the HR-20's sold by Pianotek.  The first day I got an earache in
> my
>> left ear.  The second day I told myself; "Don't be such a wimp, Diane."
> So
>> I wore them again and got earaches in both ears!
>>
>> I even tried cutting the flanges narrower to try to make them
>> comfortable--no luck.
>>
>> Diane
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 13
>> Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 05:25:05 +0000
>> From: pianotune05 at comcast.net
>> Subject: Re: ear plugs
>> To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
>> Message-ID:
>>
> <032020060525.7709.441E3CB10008457B00001E1D2209224627CACF0A029A9B01020E079F
> @comcast.net>
>>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>
>> Diane,
>> What d oyou know about the ear plugs sold at CVS, Walgreens etc?  What
> are you using now?
>> Marshall
>>
>>
>> -------------- Original message -------------- 
>> From: "DIANE HOFSTETTER" <dianepianotuner at msn.com>
>>
>> >
>> > Paul Said
>> > >Hi, Marshall:
>> > > I use musician's earplugs from: www.musiciansfriend.com. They are
> very
>> > >inexpensive, around $15.00, and sell under the name "Hearos". Go to
> that
>> > >website and type "Hearos" in their search box. One size fits all, and
> they
>> > >are very comfortable.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Since ear canals come in different sizes, one size does NOT fit all.
> Women
>> > have smaller diameter ear canals than men, and the sizes of the ear
> canals
>> > vary by race.
>> >
>> > I tried the HR-20's sold by Pianotek. The first day I got an earache in
> my
>> > left ear. The second day I told myself; "Don't be such a wimp, Diane."
> So
>> > I wore them again and got earaches in both ears!
>> >
>> > I even tried cutting the flanges narrower to try to make them
>> > comfortable--no luck.
>> >
>> > Diane
>> >
>> >
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