Ed and Me

[michelle stranges]

Aww Wim-
She REALLY likes this piano.

She gave Ed a budget to work with and off hand I can't think of what it was.

Ed and I have fished through the catalogs to see what would come close to 
matching.

You're right- it is the jacks AND the spring itself. If you ask me- THAT is 
the problem. It looks like we'll have to form a similar repitition 
lever,spring and  groove out of something that already exists- and I 
*think* it can be done.

But can it???

:(

We're digging the complexity of it all and the challenge but that can 
quickly change when the costomer calls and says "How's it coming along??"

HEH!!

Not sure how much she gave Ed to play with- and it probably won't be enough 
considering the time we'll most likely put into it- but we'll learn 
something..

Thanx Wim!

:)
Michelle


--On Thursday, August 12, 2004 3:48 PM +0000 Wimblees@aol.com wrote:

>
>
> In a message dated 8/12/04 2:00:28 PM Central Daylight Time,
> stranges@Oswego.EDU writes:
>
> I understand that the customer isn't "too" concerned about moola as long
> as  it's "reasonable".
>
> OK-
>
> That's all folks!!
>
> ANY direction/suggestions on this is apprieciated.
>
> :)
> Michelle
>
>
>
> I worked on one like that, about 20 years ago. If I recall the primary
> problem were the jacks. I think you can still buy them from Schaff.
>
> But one way to persuade the customer that repairing this instrument might
> not be in her best interest, is to explain that parts are not available,
> and in order to make new ones, literally from scratch, will cost (come up
> with a figure that will more than compensate you for doing to work, and
> hopefully enough to have her think twice about spending it).
>
> Wim
> Willem Blees, RPT
> Piano tuner/technician
> School of Music
> University of Alabama