[pianotech] They don't make punchings like they used to!

Scott Jackson scottwaynejackson at gmail.com
Wed Jul 28 18:52:09 MDT 2010


We often find newspaper punchings under keys. I always assumed that it 
was a war-time necessity, but in 1886? I see that they recycled company 
brochures also; perhaps that should be encouraged again today.


On 29/07/10 10:10, Ryan Sowers wrote:
> I'm working on a 1886 Fischer upright and was amused by some of the 
> old punchings me and my son pulled out!  Warning! The one on the top 
> has some graphic language :)
>
> I always wondered what the device looked like that they used to make 
> these punchings. I've always imagined something like a regular hole 
> punch. It would be handy sometimes to make your own custom punchings.
>
> -- 
> Ryan Sowers, RPT
> Puget Sound Chapter
> Olympia, WA
> www.pianova.net <http://www.pianova.net>


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