re Phillips

[Don]

Hi Scott,

I should have put in a "grin". I was joking. Phillips are a sad fact of
life. Sorry that I left out "smiles". Please accept my apologies those of
you who were offended.

I do, of course, work on Asian pianos. I even recommend upscale Asians to
clients.
At 10:41 PM 10/9/02 +1000, you wrote:
>Well Don,
>I don't doubt that Robertson screws may be good, but i have only seen one
piano
>action that used them. As Ron Nossaman said, "Life would sure be simpler if
>Roberts drives were standard, and had been for the last hundred years",
but it
>just IS NOT SO!
>
>99% of the newish pianos that i work on are of Asian origin, and they all use
>Phillips screws. If you never have to work on Asian pianos, i am very
happy for
>you - you are a lucky man and i am jealous. But surely the majority of
techs do
>need to work on them. I thought that some people may not be aware that
there is
>a difference between 'American Phillips' and 'Japanese Phillips'. It
certainly
>never occured to me.
>
>I am not the one who is recommending the inferior product, i just have to
live
>with it; and unlike Joe Garrett, i am not planning to replace all those
screws
>in every piano that i work on. Anyway, you'll still need the correct tool to
>remove them if you do want to replace them - so i thought it was worth
>mentioning.
>
>Scott Jackson
>Jurjens Pianos
>Wollongong Australia
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Don" <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca>
>To: "Scott Jackson" <jurjens@ozemail.com.au>; "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, 9 October 2002 3:56
>Subject: Re: Phillips Screws
>
>
>| Hi Scott,
>|
>| Try a Robertson screw first--before you recommend an inferior product like
>| Phillips.
>|
>| At 12:56 PM 10/9/02 +1000, you wrote:
>| >Don't forget that not all phillips screws are created equal. For the
>| screws in
>| >Asian pianos we need to use drivers designed to the Japanese Industrial
>| Standard
>| >(JIS). I think that this is one reason that people have grief with
>| phillips type
>| >screws.
>| >
>| >For a source of these just search www.google.com for jis japanese phillips
>| >screwdriver. Here are a few links:
>| >
>| >http://dbestco.com/JISandLinkDrvrs.html
>| >http://www.katun.com/products/toolsjis.html
>| >http://www.jensentools.com/product/group.asp?parent_id=3795
>| >
>| >And then of course there are 'Pozidriv screws', which also look like
>| >Philllips......
>| >
>| >Scott Jackson
>| >Jurjens Pianos
>| >Wollongong Australia
>| >
>| >_______________________________________________
>| >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
>| >
>| >
>|
>| Regards,
>| Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.
>|
>| mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca
>|
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>
>
>

Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.

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