Mystery Tool(s)

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

Carl,

At 08:53 8/22/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Joe, I'm sure you'd need to determine the sex of the piano before deciding 
>which tool to use.  I suspect there are a lot of techs out there who don't 
>know how to do that.  And some don't even care.  How insensitive can we get?
>
>Could you let us all know how to tell the sex of a piano without having to 
>turn them over?   Thanks!
>
>Carl Meyer  Assoc. PTG
>I'm never lost cause I don't care where I'm at.



I'm not Joe, as many people will quickly point out, but I have a system you 
might use.

First, if they aren't babies, I wouldn't try picking them up, but spinets 
are easy - all you have to do is spin it.

-If the name ends with a consonant, i, o or u - male
-If it ends with a or e - female.
-If the name is hypenated - female.
-If it is hyphenated but ends with a consonent, i ,o, or u - it has an 
identity crisis, and you should let it tell you itself.
-If it ends with a y - it could swing either way - or both simultaneously.


Conrad
I'm lost in my own world, but that's OK - they know me here.