[CAUT] Fun recycling

[Albert Picknell]

I have sent some action parts to Cuba, through a fellow technician who went there with the Send a Piana to Havana program.  
 
http://www.sendapiana.com/index.htm
 
>From what I hear, Send a Piana has not been very active lately (somebody correct me if that's not true), but there is a project based in Ireland which is doing the same kind of thing.
 
http://www.unacorda.org/

 They somehow connect with people who are traveling to Cuba, who take the piano parts as part of their baggage.  Parts going from the U.S. would probably have to go through Ireland or some other country first, I don't know.
 
Cheers,
Albert

--- On Wed, 9/16/09, Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu> wrote:


From: Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu>
Subject: [CAUT] Fun recycling
To: "CAUTlist" <caut at ptg.org>
Received: Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 2:12 PM


Does everyone out there simply throw out your worn out action parts?  I have done so for years. until today.  I just finished installing new hammers and shanks on a practice room grand.  I took the old parts, put them in a box, put it outside the door of my shop with a sign saying,"Free Steinway Hammers".  It's been about an hour, and most of them are now gone!  I heard lots of students talking about it and searching for certain numbers like 21,22,23 etc.  probably their ages. 

Just thought it would be a fun experiment....and it's working. 

The 'green' technician 
Paul 



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