CA in a hurry, Hey Thump- where does the decimal point go?

[gordon stelter]

Haha! That was meant to be $350. Missed the shift key
for the $ sign. Sorry! 
     T


--- Gordon Holley <gwholley@hi-techhousing.com> wrote:

> Hi Gordon, have been following this thread and when
> I came to your statement
> 
> "Around here, where money is tight, I charge 4350
> > for an inverted CAing and 2 tunings. ( IF the
> > customer's family helps tip the piano! )
> >     More for extra applications and tunings."
> 
> I'm wondering where the decimal point goes in the
> 4350?.  Is it $4350.00, or
> $430.50, no doubt not $43.50.  Would appreciate your
> responce.
> Gordon Holley
> Chap 467, Indiana
> Associate
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 9:06 PM
> Subject: Re: CA in a hurry
> 
> 
> > If possible ( holes all the way through block )
> turn
> > the piano upside-down ( after tuning ) and CA from
> > inside the action cavity ( with action removed, of
> > course! ). The right the poiano and retune,
> checking
> > for aditional looseness. Then CA from above where
> > needed ( action removed, of course! ) In all case
> > prepare for run-through of the CA with tarps and
> keep
> > the piano up on padded boards with plastic over
> them
> > when upside down so that it does glue the piano to
> the
> > boards, floor, etc.. Can be a  mess, but sometimes
> all
> > a customer can afford.
> >    Around here, where money is tight, I charge
> 4350
> > for an inverted CAing and 2 tunings. ( IF the
> > customer's family helps tip the piano! )
> >     More for extra applications and tunings.
> >    Thump
> >
> > P.S. Wear maks, goggles, gloves, warn the customer
> > that the house will stinka  while. Vinyl gloves
> are
> > less likely to glue together instantly if CA on
> them
> > than latex.
> >
> > --- Jenneetah <yardbird@vermontel.net> wrote:
> >
> >> At 1:42 PM -0600 11/16/04, Barbara Richmond
> wrote:
> >> >So, I was wondering if I removed those few
> spinning
> >> pins and
> >> >carefully applied the CA, would I get more
> holding
> >> power?  How long
> >> >should I wait before re-inserting the pins?
> >>
> >> You didn't mention whether the tuning pins had
> been
> >> driven already.
> >> That's my first remedy. If you've got an 1/8"
> below
> >> the string where
> >> it leaves the coil and the plate, make that 0"
> (plus
> >> a smidge) and
> >> the other end of the tuning pin will be 1/8" into
> a
> >> part of the
> >> tuning pin hole which has never done any work
> >> before. It requires
> >> blocking up under the pinblock, a carpenter's
> hammer
> >> and tuning pin
> >> setting tool ( a small handle stuck into a head
> with
> >> a spring-loaded
> >> punch to hold onto the pins so they don't jump
> too
> >> badly when hit),
> >> plus a significant rough tuning.
> >>
> >> I've never used sandpaper to shim with, figuring
> >> that after a while,
> >> under the pressure the paper backing will
> >> disintegrate and then
> >> you're left with a hole lined with Alox or garnet
> >> particles of
> >> whatever size (80 grit? 100, 150?) free to move
> and
> >> function as a
> >> lapping compound. Gross Encounters of the Loose
> >> Kind.
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