It is very cool, indeed. Bill is one warm and beautiful person. He always gave me a hug at Seattle chapter meetings and is always genuine. What beautiful Golden Hammer awards he used to make! I have a Steinwaybird, too! (although it needs a new eye!) I put it on our Christmas tree every year! Paul Ryan Sowers <tunerryan at gmail.com> Sent by: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org 01/23/2009 10:36 AM Please respond to pianotech at ptg.org To pianotech at ptg.org cc Subject Re: [pianotech] selling old ivory Anyone remember the the foot and a half long elephant tusk that Bill Smith reconstructed out of recycled ivory tails? He glued them together with superglue gel and put a brass cap on the end. It was beautiful! For those of you who don't know Bill, he used to make the Golden Hammer Award, and also became well known for carving birds out of old piano hammers! I took a picture of some he made for me: http://s386.photobucket.com/albums/oo309/rysowers/?action=view¤t=steinwaybirds.jpg On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 5:58 AM, <erwinspiano at aol.com> wrote: Tom An excellent use of old stuff.. ie. To entertain old guys. Phil probably appreciated it. Dale List, The old chipped -- i.e. no good for piano work-- ivory that most of us have gathering dust is used by craft and jewelry makers. For example I had a guy ask for a few pieces for the inlay on an old pool table. Right before the 05 convention in Rochester I sold a 30 year collection (maybe a 1000 pieces) of mostly tails and crappy heads for $300.00 on ebay. Turning some old junk into a new Faulk or Fujan was my intent but instead I used the money to entertain Phil Bondi . Tom Driscoll Which stars will make the biggest headlines in 2009? Get Hollywood news, celebrity photos and more with the PopEater Toolbar. -- Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Olympia, WA www.pianova.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090123/b0e93552/attachment.html>
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