[pianotech] promo pens

[David Ilvedson]

Also a little more environmentally sound...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Bruce Browning - The Piano Tuner" <justpianos at our.net.au>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Received: 7/21/2009 4:37:15 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] promo pens


>paul,
>A standard soft leaded pencil with eraser is cheap, convenient, and if you
>change your details the pencil has probably worn down by the next
>appointment.
>Bruce Browning
>The Piano Tuner.


>> 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
>>>
>>