And don't forget that a string breaking sounds like a gun shot. Which adds to the?adage that pianos break strings, not people. -----Original Message----- From: Ryan Sowers <tunerryan at gmail.com> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Thu, Jul 30, 2009 1:18 pm Subject: Re: [pianotech] A sign of the times? I've heard that some people have been killed by pianos, both literally and figuratively! And I'm sure other here pure music in the sound of their well-tuned fire arm. Oh yeah, and Ballistol is a used by both gun owners and piano technicians! On at least two occasions I have found bullets or bullet casings inside of pianos! Wow! The similarities are almost spooky!! On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net> wrote: Ryan Sowers wrote: I've sometimes wondered if Remington pianos were related to Remington fire arms! Or to the typewriters as well. They all are machines that require a lot of refined workmanship! And two have keyboards, and all three have hammers, and springs and levers too. Yup, they must be related... <G> Ron N -- Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Olympia, WA www.pianova.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090730/549ce031/attachment.htm>
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