[CAUT] a bad habit??

[Wolfley, Eric (wolfleel)]

Yeah Michelle,

"As long as you know what's goin' on"...When I started here there was a
big pile of those keystop rails lying around the shop and I think we've
found a home for most of them but we seem to have a few extra...I guess
those pianos were sold or junked. Some were put on the wrong pianos,
etc. There are a lot of pianos with no screws in the endblocks or
frontrails too...why screw them in if you're just going to have to
unscrew them again? And who needs those pesky sostenuto rods anyway?
Yeah, we have a couple of those unidentified in the shop as well. What
should I do? Pull the action on 130 grands till I find the two missing
their sostenuto? It just gets pretty confusing down the road. It was
also a big headache when we moved into the new building with fallboards
and keys falling all over the place. It's like that commercial...life
comes at you fast. Pretty soon you won't be able to keep track of
everything. 

Hey Jeff, get that music desk back in place as soon as possible. If you
don't, somebody will take one from another piano and put it in there and
then somebody else will take another on to replace the first one and so
on and so on...pretty soon you have a case of musical music desks and
you have to come in at 8AM on a Sunday when nobody is in any of the
practice rooms to find out which one goes where. We have two repaired
music desks in the shop right now and they don't fit in either of the
pianos currently missing desks...


Eric


Eric Wolfley, RPT
Supervising Piano Technician
College-Conservatory of Music
University of Cincinnati


-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of
Jeff Tanner
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 4:24 PM
To: College and University Technicians
Subject: Re: [CAUT] a bad habit??

Hey Michelle,
As long as you know what's going on.  One thing I do think about on  
occasion, though, is what if something happens to me tonight and I  
either choose to not come back to work tomorrow, or am incapable of  
returning to work?  If I leave a lot of stuff out of its place, will  
I be leaving a puzzle for my replacement?

Jus' playin' a liddle devil's advocate mind you, cause I guarantee  
you not everything's where it orta be here either.  This just  
reminded me of a music desk somebody brought me off a Baldwin L that  
needs fixin' and returnin'.
: )
Jeff


On Sep 30, 2005, at 2:52 PM, Michelle Stranges wrote:

> Hi folks..
>
> I'm wondering if I'm getting into a "bad habit" here...
>
> Seems I am *unconsciously* (??) and "conveniently" (?? ) leaving  
> off the keystop rail on all actions I am bringing in the shop for  
> work.
>
> :(
>
> Welp- they "never seem to make it back on the action" when they are  
> returned to their home.
>
> (Shhhh- but personally I feel it's way easier to make repairs, ease  
> keys, etc. by just leaving them off...)
>
> It's my dirty secret.
>
> I'm having guilt though.
> Will I have to admit being lazy?
>
> I know the primary reason for this part is in the case of pianos  
> being moved and stuff- but there's a small piano fairy on my  
> shoulder hinting that there's more to it than just that.
>
> What's the real deal.
>
> Any other guilty parties out there?
>
> ps- our pianos here don't get S-E-R-I-O-U-S pounding and playing-  
> so the keys wouldn't be floppin' all over the place...
>
> :)
> Michelle
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