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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hi =
Lawrence,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>This is when I give them a referral =
to
another technician… (one I don’t really care =
for)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>JB<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font =
size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span =
style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Becker, Lawrence (beckerlr)<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, April 15, =
2005 6:30
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] =
Replacing
plastic flange on spinet wippen</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle20><font size=2 =
color="#993366"
face=Georgia><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Wippen, not elbow! =
How did you?<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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color="#993366"
face=Georgia><span =
style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle20><font size=2 =
color="#993366"
face=Georgia><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>When encountering this =
on spinets,
I have just condemned the pianos. On a M&H console, I bid (oh, =
way too
little) to replace hammer flanges, entire wippens, and entire damper =
flanges,
including bending the damper wires. Do this on a fine spring day =
when
you’re aching to be outside, and you can achieve masochism =
nirvana.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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color="#993366"
face=Georgia><span =
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><font
size=2 color="#993366" face=Georgia><span =
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Georgia;color:#993366'>Lawrence Becker, RPT</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 color="#993366" =
face=Georgia><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#993366'>Piano =
Technician</span></font><font
size=2 face=Georgia><span =
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Georgia'><o:p></o:p></span></font><=
/p>
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face=Georgia><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#993366'>College-Cons=
ervatory
of Music</span></font><font size=2 face=Georgia><span =
style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Georgia'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 color="#993366" =
face=Georgia><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:#993366'>University =
of
Cincinnati</span></font><font size=2 face=Georgia><span =
style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Georgia'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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class=EmailStyle20><font size=2 color="#993366" =
face=Georgia><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></span></p>
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color=black
face=Tahoma><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>-----Original
Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> Jeff Olson
[mailto:jlolson@cal.net]<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, April 14, =
2005
8:30 PM<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> [CAUT] Replacing =
plastic
flange on spinet wippen</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 =
face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 =
color=black
face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I
encountered an "interesting" (as in Chinese curse) repair the =
other
day -- replacing a shattered plastic wippen on a Lester =
"plasticized"
spinet. Didn't want to remove the action, since that promised to =
shatter
more of those wonderful plastic flanges, plus be ridiculously =
time-consuming
(I'd ask how much you all would charge to remove a spinet action and =
repair
this one flange -- along with the others that would likely break -- but =
I
wouldn't want to risk offending the antitrust gods yet =
again:-).</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 =
color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p=
>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 =
color=black
face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Anyhow,
to make a long story short, though no less painful, I finally managed to
replace the **($$#@! flange. I won't describe my methods; rather, =
I'm
hoping to hear from anyone here what techniques, magical or scientific =
or
otherwise, they might employ toward this =
end.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p=
>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 =
color=black
face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Best,</span></fo=
nt><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 =
color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p=
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 =
color=black
face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Jeff =
O</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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