[CAUT] NY hammers/ Hamburg hammers

[Ward & Probst, Inc]

Hey Horace,

Pretty much what Jimmy said as I recall. I think he threw in the bit about
asking his barber why he charged him so much for a haircut when he getting
balder all the time. 
"Why, Jimmy," says the barber, "the cut is getting cheaper all the time,
it's the finder's fee that is going up!"

His equally follicle challenged apprentice,
DP


-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Horace
Greeley
Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 2:01 AM
To: caut at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [CAUT] NY hammers/ Hamburg hammers



Hi, Dale,

At 08:58 PM 2/12/2011, you wrote:

>"How much is it if you only tune the white keys, they're the only ones 
>I play?" from Jimmy Gold RPT

Actually, while I can't speak to the amount necessary to pay for it, 
I can answer the question (sort of):

"Sure!  I'll be more than happy to tune just the white keys for 
you.  However, you do understand that, in order for the white keys to 
stay in tune for very long, I'll have to be exceptionally careful in 
adjusting the tension on the strings of the black keys.  Since that 
takes so much more time, and is so much more demanding that just 
tuning the whole piano as I normally would, it will be much more
expensive...".

...

"It's not a defect...it's a feature!..."....Bill Gates....


Cheers.

Horace



>Dale Probst RPT
>Registered Piano Technician
>Midwestern State University
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of 
>Fred Sturm
>Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 10:18 PM
>To: caut at ptg.org
>Subject: Re: [CAUT] NY hammers/ Hamburg hammers
>
>
>On Feb 12, 2011, at 9:13 PM, Ward & Probst, Inc wrote:
>
> >  It was picked up, sat down on the slab in playing position (the 
> > only vertical thing around) and other than scratches and usual 
> > debris inside (insulation, wood splinters, etc) it was playable 
> > after cleanup. Well, as
> > playable as it was before...
>
>
>Oh, come on, admit it was also "still in tune" ;-)
>Regards,
>Fred Sturm
>fssturm at unm.edu
>"Since everything is in our heads, we had better not lose them." Coco 
>Chanel