> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hey my colleagues------ Just thought I=B9d share a little from the last week. I have a client, Don Beamsley, who has been a well-known and successful jazz player in SoCal forever; he=B9s played with every big band around, from Tommy Dorsey, Horace Heidt, Glenn Miller, Tex Beneke----the list is endless; he was even the LA Dodger organist for a while in the 60=B9s and 70=B9s. So=8Bhe=B9s got a sweet Steinway B that he was given by his mentor, a 1930 instrument. It was maintained throughout its life by mostly 2 legendary techs---first Cecil Short, the =B3man=B2 in the Pomona Valley for many years,a nd then by Norman Neblett, an LA denizen and Golden Hammer recipient. I=B9ve been maintaining the piano for the last 18 years. Anyway, you know the story---I=B9ve been nagging this guy for years to do the work: the piano=B9s got all original parts and strings, and he=B9s always used the traditional procrastinating musician=B9s excuses: =B3 I just can=B9t pull the trigger now, DA---I can=B9t be sure if I=B9ll work this strong next year, my wife=B9s gig stopped this year, I need a new roof---=B2whatever. I=B9m a life-lon= g musician; I=B9ve used them all. He is so sweet, and so funny, and such a monstrously beautiful player, and I=B9m such a soft touch in a certain way, that I made it no problem, and just kept bringing the damn Protek ( the verdigris was out of control on this pig). To make a long, long story very short, Don now has Class 3 Parkinson=B9s Disease, has for 2 years, has lost 90 pounds, and his prognosis is delicate= , to put it mildly. But he still rolls himself up to the piano and plays for an hour or so every day. So a month ago I took his wife in the other room and just said now=B9s the time, sweetie, for the bullshit to cease and for us to do something. So---because her cash flow at this point is questionable, we opted for the battlefield triage: --Rebuilt keyframe: key bushing, underfelt, backchecks and wires, clean and polish rail pins and captstans and glides, raise height and level keys --repinned shanks, =B3smoked-out=B2 whippen flanges --new knuckles --rebuilt pedals and pedal mod --hammers filed (very difficult and dicey) --lift, level, seat strings --COMPLETE action regulation --RP and tune THANKS SO MUCH, MICHAEL CAMPI. You did a great job on the keyframe, pedals= , knuckles and shanks. When I FINALLY got the damn thing playing =B3right---=B2 and that took almost 2 full days--- Don rolled up and started playing; we were both crying. He loved it; he called me =B3a friggin=B9 genius.=B2 This is what I work for; this is what I live for; I did the work at about 65% of what I would ordinarily charge; The money is NOT the payoff. To bring love and happiness to music lovers, music players, human beings with sweet hearts and beautiful intentions: this is what this work is all about. I=B9m feeling good. My love and respect to all..... David Andersen ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/f8/af/8a/a4/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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