[pianotech] promo pens

[paul bruesch]

For pencils, I use mechanicals exclusively. I buy a .5mm-lead size, then
purchase little boxes of replacement leads which last quite a while, as long
as I don't drop the pencil on a hard floor very often.  .7mm is another
popular size, but I like the finer point of the .5mm.  I would imagine that
the bulk promotional pencils are quite likely one of the two.

When I refill the pencil, I only ever put in two leads so that if I drop the
pencil it minimizes the lead loss from breakage.

Paul Bruesch
Stillwater, MN

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 8:58 AM, Tom Sivak <tvaktvak at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Dave
> I would prefer to give mechanical pencils, myself, for the same reason.
>  People don't mark their music with pens, but with pencils.  The problem
> I've encountered is that the mechanical pencils you buy in bulk from these
> promo companies have only two short pieces of lead in them.  They wouldn't
> be useful for very long.
>
> Have you noticed this problem?  If not, where did you get your pencils
> from?
>
> Tom Sivak
>
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