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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Robert:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Thanks for the comments from Ken. I’m sorry about =
the “e”
I left off of Sloan<u>e</u>. I certainly can relate to letters =
dropped
from a name!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I am curious about the decision to go with the 48.375” new
keyboards rather than stick with the 48”. Here the 48” =
ones
are preferred by all but the players with extra large hands. One =
of our
teachers here opted to rebuild her current “B” rather than =
get a
new one and one of the reasons was to keep the 48” keyboard. =
(Of
course, I think her rebuilt one is better than the new ones we did =
buy!) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>dp<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>David M. Porritt</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:
10.0pt'><a =
href="mailto:dporritt@smu.edu">dporritt@smu.edu</a></span></font><o:p><=
/o:p></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>Robert
A. Murphy<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, March =
09, 2005
3:17 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'>Cc:</span></b> Cavanaugh John; =
Kenneth Sloane<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Fwd: [CAUT] =
Steinway
replacement keyset-Ken Sloane response</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Hi David, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I forward the following comments from Ken Sloane regarding the
instrument at Oberlin you referred to. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Best, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Robert <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Robert A. Murphy <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Piano Technician & Curator of Fortepianos =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Oberlin Conservatory of Music <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>cell: 517.285.3269 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>shop: 440.775.8275 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Begin forwarded message: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New =
Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>From: =
</span></font></b>Kenneth
Sloane <Kenneth.Sloane@oberlin.edu> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New =
Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Date: =
</span></font></b>March
09, 2005 04:07:20 PM EST <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New =
Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>To: =
</span></font></b>Robert.Murphy@oberlin.edu
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 color=black face="Times New =
Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Subject: =
</span></font>Fwd:
Reply to below message (replacement keys) <o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></fon=
t></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>This is the first hit for me in quite a long time. Robert Murphy =
suggested
that I comment on the subject and to remind you all that my name has an
"e" on the end. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Oberlin, in their infinite wisdom (ha ha), has seen fit to hire =
me part
time to, among other things, install new keyboards and back actions in =
some of
their aging Steinways. If you are working with a Steinway that has a =
Pratt Reed
key frame -- with a smaller octave -- you will have to perform some =
cheek block
surgery to fit in the current Kluge keyboard to accomodate its larger =
octave.
If you are having someone like PianoTek fit new keys on an old key =
frame, they
will give you the option to duplicate the old or to install keys with =
the
current size octave, forcing you to engage in cheek block surgery. My =
successor
(and kind and understanding boss) prefers to use the current octave =
size, so
cheek block surgery -- no anesthesia required -- is performed regularly =
here at
Oberlin. Cutting down the cheek blocks can be accomplished on a good =
band saw
with a 1/2 inch resaw blade and the fallboard "ears" easily =
reinstalled
with a verneer saw and sharp chisels. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On the Steinway "D" for which I made a second action, =
I just
had to make a new treble cheek block for the second action (with the =
wider
octave and longer, overall width) and used the bass cheek block for =
both. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Moral of the story--- do what you have to do to make the damn =
thing
work!!!! <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Ken Sloane, greyer but wiser and still kickin' =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>From: "<st1:PersonName w:st="on">Porritt, =
David</st1:PersonName>"
<dporritt@mail.smu.edu> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Date: March 09, 2005 02:54:07 PM EST =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>To: jminor@uiuc.edu, <st1:PersonName w:st="on">College and =
University
Technicians</st1:PersonName> <caut@ptg.org> =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Subject: RE: [CAUT] Steinway replacement keyset? =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<div>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Reply-To: <st1:PersonName w:st="on">College and University =
Technicians</st1:PersonName>
<caut@ptg.org> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I know that the newer key frames and keys are wider than they =
were in <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>1950. When Ken Sloan made the second action for a piano at =
Oberlin the <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>new one was wider and they had to do some serious modifications. =
The <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>current Steinways are 48.375" from A0 - C8 where your
"L" is probably <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>48". In that situation, I'd probably get Pianotek or =
Roseland to
do <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>the <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>work and duplicate what was there. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>dp <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>David M. Porritt <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>dporritt@smu.edu <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>-----Original Message----- <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>John Minor <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 1:43 PM =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>To: caut <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Subject: [CAUT] Steinway replacement keyset? =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Has anyone purchased the KEYFRAME W/KEYS from =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Steinway($2,495)? Wondering how they work out on an older =
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>1950's L. Thanks for any help. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>John Minor <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType =
w:st="on"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:12.0pt'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName =
w:st="on">Illinois</st1:PlaceName></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
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