<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Tom,</DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Thanks for speaking up. It's an interesting concept that looks complicated and futzy, but maybe it's worth taking a second look at it. New ideas aren't that common in this business, and I figure if we don't give the "new ideas guys" a chance, then after awhile they'll quit sharing. </DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">It's why I always make a point of being nice to Ron N. <grin></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">(waiting up for the Easter bunny with my 8-year old son),</DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Dave Davis, RPT<BR></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: "McNeilTom@aol.com" <McNeilTom@aol.com><BR>To: caut@ptg.org<BR>Cc: RPSVT@juno.com<BR>Sent: Saturday, April 7, 2007 8:26:10 PM<BR>Subject: [CAUT] Rawson key leveling strips (was speaking of eBay...)<BR><BR><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 4/7/2007 5:53:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, harvey.pianotech@gmail.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><A href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190100333503%20" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190100333503%20</A></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV>Greetings, Colleagues -</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Chris Rawson, RPT is very clever and a talented inventor (a la Spurlock ?)  He demonstrated his key leveling strips at a recent Vermont Chapter, PTG meeting and the idea was very well received by even our most experienced and critical techs.  Several of us tried out his prototypes and thought it a fine idea.  He has made a few recent refinements which make it even better.  I think this invention is worthy of our attention and trial.  It's a brand-new idea, so it's not been tried much in the field.  But if you're the kind of tech willing to try something new, go for it.  It certainly won't harm anything and might save a bunch of time.</DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">~ Tom McNeil ~<BR>Vermont Piano Restorations<BR>VermontPiano.com<BR><BR>346 Camp Street<BR>Barre, VT 05641<BR>(802) 476-7072</FONT></DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR> <DIV><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL,; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> See what's free at <A title=http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503 href="http://www.aol.com/?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" target=_blank rel=nofollow>AOL.com</A>. </FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><BR></DIV></div></body></html>