On the 10th day of December (first draft)

[Lou Novak]

Where are the "glides" in a drop action spinet? 
This PSO appears to be a hybrid.
Hammer return springs or jack springs have not been mentioned!
Lou


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Brekne" <ricb at pianostemmer.no>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 8:00 AM
Subject: On the 10th day of December (first draft)


> A first suggestion at day ten until  somebody comes up with another 
> stroke of genius. We cant use flanges twice so we'll have to figure 
> another way of working brass into the thing. This is a drop action 
> pianer evidently... isnt the wire that connects the plastic elbow to the 
> key called a sticker ?...    I also made a humble attempt at combining 
> Larrys suggestion of the first line rhyming with Partridge... I await 
> further suggestions... this is really shapping up :)
> 
> Cheers
> RicB
> 
> 
> On the 10th day of December, a piano came to me...
>  
>     With ten twisted stickers
>     Nine rotten bridles
>     Eight chewed up dampers
>     Seven grungy flanges     
>     Six plastic elbows,
>     Five broken strings !
>     Four rusted glides,
>     Three warped posts,
>     Two pedals bent,
>     And a carton of badly warped keys
> 
>     Alan Barnard
>     Salem, MO
>  
>   Cheers
>   RicB
>