Bridge Repairs ?

[Kevin E. Ramsey]

    Roger, that same lady is wanted in three States!  Apparently, she has
this little con going, and is victimizing piano techs around the country for
quite some time.........


----- Original Message -----
From: "jolly roger" <baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 8:43 PM
Subject: Re: Bridge Repairs ?


> Hey Ron, they are a great idea, for every one installed they sold 1000.
>    Funny you should mention estates,  a widow came into the store with a
> box of spare parts and said I was the the only person she could think of
> that would use the spares..  One box each of these critters, One box of
> hammer shank sleeves.  One bottle of pin block dope.  One box of tuning
pin
> sleeves. Several boxes of vertical wippens with assorted abstracts.  And
> yes sound board toggles.
> Then she said that about $100 would seem fair.  I never had the heart to
> tell her that none of what she had was of value to me.
> A fool and his money is easy parted.
> Roger
>
> >Ric,
> >Oh yes, these little wonders have been around for many many many years.
> Almost
> >every old tool box I've bought from tuners' estates has at least a couple
of
> >them. They're usually in the bin with the bronze tuning pin bushings,
> >soundboard toggles, and rusty 6/0 tuning pins. They are still in the most
> >recent APSCO catalog, so Schaff is now the proud source. They might
actually
> >work, but I've never installed one, and the ones I've seen installed
> certainly
> >didn't, so I can't say for sure. I can't seem to find mine (saved
> somewhere for
> >inclusion in my own estate eventually (later, rather than sooner,
> hopefully)),
> >and I don't remember exactly, but aren't those three rows of stamped
"pins"
> >vertical?
> >
> >
> >Ron N
> >