What are you talking about? It was a dog, obviously... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "CHARLES BECKER" <cbeckercpt at verizon.net> To: pianotech at ptg.org Received: 2/4/2010 5:10:34 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Interesting Find >I once found the space under the keys filled up with dog kibble. That was one busy >rodent. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Terry Farrell > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 6:18 PM > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Interesting Find > I had a piano some years back where the customer said none of the keys worked - >you couldn't push them down. I went there and removed some of the keys and >found the entire keybed - all the space under the keys - was completely filled with >acorns. Not really 100% sure how they got there. > Terry Farrell > On Feb 4, 2010, at 2:43 PM, Marc Mailhot wrote: > Hi everyone. > Just got back from a supposed 30 min piano evaluation that turned into a 2 >hour service all. > Seems a rodent got into her Wurlitzer Spinet...built a nice nest and helped >himself to piles of dogfood...still on the action...IN the action...and on the bottom of >the piano. Being a Spinet did not want to pull the acton and managed to get most of >it out. Still more left which will require another service call and likely pulling all the >keys out as I found little morsels of food underneath the 3 keys I pulled to get the >food out.Tuning after the next service call. Pulled one original key screw out and >found it was bent in the middle...installed that way at the Factory in 1963 per my >dating of the SN. More quality workmanship from Wullitzer! My customer got her >camera out and I took a good number of photos which she'll send me and then I'll >share with all of you. I love this job and thought I'd share my morning with you all. >Last known tuning was in June 1994. > She lives in the country and I suspect this happens all the time...but my first >encounter with rodents who like pianos! > All for now. > Regards as always. > Marc P. Mailhot > Marco Polo Music > Westbrook, Maine USA > The Love You Take is Equal to the Love You Make... > The Beatles/Abbey Road (The End)...1969 > --- On Thu, 2/4/10, 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 16, Issue 46 > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Date: Thursday, February 4, 2010, 2:00 PM > Send pianotech mailing list submissions to > pianotech at ptg.org > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ptg.org/mailman/listinfo/pianotech > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > pianotech-request at ptg.org > You can reach the person managing the list at > pianotech-owner at ptg.org > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of pianotech digest..." > Today's Topics: > 1. Re: pianotech Digest, Vol 16, Issue 44 (Anna-Luise Messerschmidt) > 2. Re: Axis of evil sounds (was hardening hammers on a Chinese > PSO) (Kerry) > 3. Re: Pleyel Grand Regulation (David Ilvedson) > 4. Pleyel Grand Regulation (CALANDE Luc) > _______________________________________________ > pianotech mailing list > pianotech at ptg.org > http://ptg.org/mailman/listinfo/pianotech >
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