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

[Michael Magness]

On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Ryan Sowers <tunerryan at gmail.com> 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
>


Slightly off topic,
I had a customer that had an old upright that was beyond hope, he bought a
new piano from the store I do work for.
He was the county recycling director, so as an object lesson for his kids,
he decided to recycle the old piano. He called me for instructions on how to
do it safely & he & his kids took it apart saving some of the wood for
projects around the house, recycling the strings & plate, saving the keys
for kindling in the fireplace.

Under the balance rail they found, being used as a shim, a ticket for a 1902
Opera! They used some of the wood from the piano to fashion a frame and
framed it, hanging it above the new piano.

Mike
--
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without
accepting it.

    Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)

Michael Magness
Magness Piano Service
608-786-4404
www.IFixPianos.com
email mike at ifixpianos.com
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