BUMMER!!! Good luck getting them back...hope you do!
Marc P. Mailhot
Marco Polo Music
Westbrook, ME
The Love You Take is Equal to the Love You Make...
The Beatles/Abbey Road (The End)...1969
--- On Mon, 1/26/09, pianotech-request at ptg.org <pianotech-request at ptg.org> wrote:
From: pianotech-request at ptg.org <pianotech-request at ptg.org>
Subject: pianotech Digest, Vol 3, Issue 228
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Date: Monday, January 26, 2009, 10:43 PM
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1. Re: Player Query (Joe DeFazio)
2. Re: Player Query (Berley Antoine Firmin II)
3. Re: Player Query (John Delacour)
4. Stolen Tools (Rob & Helen Goodale)
5. Stolen Tools (pianolady50 at peoplepc.com)
6. Re: Stolen Tools (Berley Antoine Firmin II)
7. Re: Stolen Tools (Dean May)
Hi John,
A well-made Baltic Birch plywood is an excellent material, and a pleasure to work with. I just wanted to throw out a caution that you should get BB from a reputable dealer, because there is unfortunately some truly horrible quality "baltic" birch plywood from China (I'm not knocking chinese products in general, just this one) on the market that is prone to warping, and even more unsettling, to delaminating severely. This cheap BB has shown up occasionally at some Home Depot stores, among other places (although some HD stores have apparently carried high quality stuff at some times/locations). If you don't already have a trusted supplier in mind, I would ask a local cabinetmaker for a dealer recommendation (or even for some scraps!). If that is not feasible, I've had good success with the BB carried by Rockler and Woodcraft, though both are fairly expensive, and I only use them when I'm out of stock on a weekend and am willing to pay a premium
price for the convenience....
Joe DeFazio
Blitzburgh
From: John Ross <jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca>
Date: January 26, 2009 2:05:56 PM EST
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Player Query
Reply-To: pianotech at ptg.org
I was thinking that would be the way to go.
In fact I can see some delamination, on the main reservoir as well. Previously, on minor delamination, I have just glued it back together.
I would use compressed air to force the glue to the back of the separation.
I think I might just replace all the wood with new. I must inform the customer of the additional cost, and make sure he is agreeable.
Thanks, Ron.
John Ross
On 26-Jan-09, at 2:41 PM, Ron Nossaman wrote:
John Ross wrote:
I have a unit where the pumper bellows boards are delaminated.
The wood is 5/8", made up of 5/16"plus a smidgen, and two other pieces of wood equal in thickness, to make up the diameter.
Should I just glue them back together, or make new boards from 5/8" plywood, which would have more laminations?
If new is suggested, what grade should I use?
Thank you.
John Ross
New would be better. I'd prefer Baltic Birch.
Ron N
John Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
Did you all know that China IMPORTS our trees to make plywood, then EXPORTS it back to us......apparently cheaper than American workers can. Now that is a shame. Wherever possible I look for Made in USA.
Berley Firmin IIAt 12:41 -0600 26/1/09, Ron Nossaman wrote:
> New would be better. I'd prefer Baltic Birch.
Over here, once the furniture beetle (woodworm) gets near birch it is powder
within a very short time. I'd recommend tulipwood, which I understand is
called tulip poplar or yellow poplar in America, where it comes from, although
it is not related to the poplars.
JD
Well...
Sunday my tools were in my truck, Monday morning the weren't. I know they were there on Sunday because they were in my way when I strapped my daughter into her car seat. When I arrived at the university and realized they were not there I assumed I must have taken them out at home although I didn't recall that. When I got home they were no where to be found. There was also a box of tools I was using to fix a PianoDisc a few days earlier. Included was a test control box, a CPU, a cordless drill, and some programming and test disks. I only went one place yesterday, a major electronics store. I asked them if they would check the recording on their parking lot cameras. I had my purchase receipt with a time stamp so I know exactly when I was there. I didn't get much encouragement from them. They said I would have to file a police report first, apparently not too enthusiastic to share their security video with just anyone. No evidence of
forced entry which means it was probably someone very experienced. If you have the right "friends" it wouldn't be too tough to get lock smith tools and rotating frequency power door lock transmitters.
Besides my Accu-tuner there was my favorite tuning hammer I've used for 15 years, all my regulating tools, voicing tools, the only harpsichord "tuning thingy" I had, center pins, broaches, lots of mutes, and a lot of other things. I will of course be filing a police report immediately but unless the police can pull something off the store video I'll probably never see any of it again.
Rob Goodale, RPT
Las Vegas, NV
Sorry to hear that news, Rob. Do keep an eye out at your local pawn shops for the next few weeks...and Craigslist. It might be helpful to leave your contact info with the pawn shops and a good description (photocopies from catalogs) of your tools. You never know.
Best,
Debbie Legg
Rob, sorry to hear that. There are real lowlifes out there. I hope you get the tools back.
Berley
Been there. What makes it so frustrating is you know that that gear is worthless to everyone but a piano tuner. Most of it will probably end up in a dumpster.
I’m truly sorry for you, my friend. I hope things work out to exceed your expectations.
Blessings,
Dean
Dean May cell 812.239.3359
PianoRebuilders.com 812.235.5272
Terre Haute IN 47802
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Rob & Helen Goodale
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 10:02 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: [pianotech] Stolen Tools
Well...
Sunday my tools were in my truck, Monday morning the weren't. I know they were there on Sunday because they were in my way when I strapped my daughter into her car seat. When I arrived at the university and realized they were not there I assumed I must have taken them out at home although I didn't recall that. When I got home they were no where to be found. There was also a box of tools I was using to fix a PianoDisc a few days earlier. Included was a test control box, a CPU, a cordless drill, and some programming and test disks. I only went one place yesterday, a major electronics store. I asked them if they would check the recording on their parking lot cameras. I had my purchase receipt with a time stamp so I know exactly when I was there. I didn't get much encouragement from them. They said I would have to file a police report first, apparently not too enthusiastic to share their security video with just anyone. No evidence of
forced entry which means it was probably someone very experienced. If you have the right "friends" it wouldn't be too tough to get lock smith tools and rotating frequency power door lock transmitters.
Besides my Accu-tuner there was my favorite tuning hammer I've used for 15 years, all my regulating tools, voicing tools, the only harpsichord "tuning thingy" I had, center pins, broaches, lots of mutes, and a lot of other things. I will of course be filing a police report immediately but unless the police can pull something off the store video I'll probably never see any of it again.
Rob Goodale, RPT
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