action parts for sale

[Tom Driscoll]

John, I'll consider buying  them all if you promise to donate all the money
to GLAAD----Gay and lesbian alliance against defamation---
        Tom Driscoll
----- Original Message -----
From: "John M. Formsma" <jformsma@dixie-net.com>
To: "PianoTech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 9:14 AM
Subject: action parts for sale


> List,
>
> I have a barrel full of hammer butts and wippens for sale. My late father
> probably had gotten them from Wurlitzer when the plant in Holly Springs,
MS
> was shut down. They roughly correspond to the compact wippens/butts in the
> supply house catalogs. I have a jpeg available if anyone wants to see
them.
> There are no backchecks, and I think all the spoons point to the right as
> you look at the bridle strap wire, tho I don't know for sure because I've
> only seen the ones at the top of the barrel. The dimensions for the
wippens
> are length 8.6 cm and jack length 5.5 cm. The hammer butts are 5.3 cm from
> catcher to the edge of the body of the butt, and 5.4 cm from the butt
flange
> to the top of the butt.
>
> There are a bunch of them (several hundred), and I was going to burn them
> Saturday just to get them out of the way. However, maybe some of you could
> use them for something. There is a little of the green corrosion at the
> center pin bushings, typical of parts this age; but nothing that Protek
> won't easily remedy.
>
> I'll take $0.25 per part, separated and bagged in "Walmart" type bag, plus
> whatever shipping would be. If you are interested, please respond to the
> email address below rather than to the list.
>
> John M. Formsma
> Blue Mountain, MS
> PTG Associate, Memphis Chapter
>
> mailto:jformsma@dixie-net.com
>