>On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, Christopher D. Purdy wrote: >> >> Les, >> >> Thank you but I was being very sarcastic there. (there is probably a cute >> little symbol I should have used for that) What I meant was that the set >> of keys I worked on had been whacked at the balance rail but not at the >> front. In the front the pins had been turned darn near 90 degrees and were >> trashing the bushings and mortise. I do not use the bush whacker nor do I >> turn front rail pins. I do rebush and usually with leather. > >Hi, Chris: > >Well, that's the last time I try to be a nice guy and use humor at the >same time! I didn't recall seeing your name here before, and so didn't >say anything about turning the front-rail pins directly. My comment about >turning them 90 degress was tounge-in-cheek. It's sometimes difficult with >the written word to correctly judge the intent of the poster and mis- >understandings sometimes occur. Using a "smiley" :) after a humerous >post can help make that clearer. As for using a bush-whacker, if you ever >come across a set of keys thus treated, you can bet that the guy who did >it is an "expert" at turning front-rail pins, too! :) > >Thanks for writing back, > >Les Smith Dear list, At the risk of being flamed or worse (Conrad H., my order is in the mail), perhaps it would be well for us to remember that as experienced piano technicians, we sometimes make humorous statements among ourselves, knowing full well that what we've suggested in jest is not ever actually done. There are, however, a few beginning tuners out there who might misinterpret our attempts at humor as being real technical procedures and actually try some of the things we were only kidding about. I think we owe it to the less experienced members on the list to make sure that our humorous comments are clearly identified as such. Jeez, it's getting hot in here already and I haven't even sent this message yet. Pretty scary! Best wishes! Regards, Tom Tom Seay The University of Texas at Austin
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