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Original message<BR>From: "Porritt, David" <DPORRITT@MAIL.SMU.EDU><BR>To: "College and University Technicians" <CAUT@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: 10/3/2006 10:27:02 AM<BR>Subject: Re: [CAUT] durability (was funding)<BR><BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">For the past 2 years I’ve been hanging only Ronsen Wurzen felt hammers and I’ve been surprised and pleased at the longevity. At the end of a year they didn’t even appear grooved. Pulling the action and looking closer you could see string marks but not what you’d call grooves. That felt is just so dense that it holds up. The next 3 or 4 years will tell the story but so far so very-good.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">David M. Porritt</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Jeff Tanner<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, October 03, 2006 11:42 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">College and University Technicians</st1:PersonName><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [CAUT] durability (was funding)</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">On Oct 2, 2006, at 6:10 PM, Rick Florence wrote:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Helvetica size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica">faculty are close to what your Chair does - hammers last about 4 years.<SPAN class=apple-converted-space> </SPAN>Our</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Helvetica size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica">performance major practice rooms make it 2-3 years.<SPAN class=apple-converted-space> </SPAN>We've tried a number of</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Helvetica size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica">different hammers, but the results are not much difference.<SPAN class=apple-converted-space> </SPAN>We are in the</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Helvetica size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica">middle of hanging a set of the new Abel Hammers (Bio felt?).<SPAN class=apple-converted-space> </SPAN>We'll see how</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">I want to know when you guys have time to change hammers every 2, 3, 4 years....<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Helvetica size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica">Our concert instruments are serviced twice a week and touched up before each</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Helvetica size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica">performance.<SPAN class=apple-converted-space> </SPAN>I suspect our program may a little busier than yours, however,</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Helvetica size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica">which necessitates the extra service.<SPAN class=apple-converted-space> </SPAN>Last year we had over 600 events.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">...and get all these tunings done in 40 hours a week.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Helvetica size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica">Back to work...</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">We're having a rebuilding meeting with the dean and piano faculty in the morning. We've had virtually no budget funding beyond my salary, and I'm taking every bit of this thread to the meeting with me.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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