Carl wrote . . . >slim, wood handle screw driver, > which I use to insert the tuning felt. You use a screwdriver to push in the strip mute?? I've used a regular dinner knife, with tiny serrations for grip. It's strong, thin, and shiny . . nerver pulls the felt back out when moving to the next . I also get a lot of smiles from my customers when they see the " highly professional tool' I am using. A good ice breaker with new clients ! I wonder what others use . . . oh, and about lost tools, I found a capstan tool sitting in the fall board hinge where I had placed it a year earlier one time. Sometimes conversations with the customers are distracting to ones routine . . n'est ce pas !! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim Kinnear www.kinnearpiano.com Collingwood, ON, Canada The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress -- Joseph Joubert (1754-1824) French Philosopher Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) English Poet A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl Teplitski" <koko99@shaw.ca> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 1:57 AM Subject: Re: Dumb Tuner moves -/ lost tool > A couple of days ago, I was at a friends house tuning his daughters > piano. Well we were discussing golf , > put the piano back together, and headed straight to his workshop to see > his new golf club, which he's > assembling .Well, next day I'm out on a tuning and looking for my long , > My favorite tool . About > 12 in. long, and I use it for everything, almost. > Had one many years ago, and misplaced it. I'm still in mourning for it. > Went over the places I'd been to where > I probably used it, and decided I must have left it at my friends > place, so I called him. No luck, guess it must be > in the piano. Went back today, and took the fallboard off, and there was > that sucker, laying on the bass end of > the keyboard. Hardly could tell it was there when you played the keys, > unless you happened to play the correct > sharp key. Also have lost a small screw driver, which I was really > attached to. Got over that one fairly easily, > but this one , would have been tramatic. > > Carl / Winnipeg > > > > > > > > > > JAMES DALLY wrote: > > > Phil: I don't know how you could do that! (I left my large case/ a > > tall light/ in the parking lot of a church.............. fortunately > > someone put it inside....... > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Bondi" <phil@philbondi.com> > > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> > > Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 5:21 AM > > Subject: Re: Dumb Tuner moves - was Stupid Tuner Tricks > > > > > >> From what I've read with this thread, it still doesn't match the > >> level of stupid that I did just yesterday, and it reminded me that I > >> should share that level of stupid with the rest of you. > >> > >> New Client - New Piano - Warranty Tuning from the dealer - nothing > >> out of the ordinary so far, right? > >> > >> Well, I had another appointment after that one. When I got to that > >> next appointment, I noticed that my little brown bag that holds my > >> tuning lever and rubber mutes was not in my tool box. Everything else > >> was there except that bag. > >> > >> I looked around the piano I was presently at..thinking I MUST have > >> put it down somewhere............. > >> > >> It didn't take me long to figure out that the bag in question was > >> left behind at the last client's home. I may have left behind a mute > >> or 2 on the plate in the past (isn't there a Mute-Sharing program in > >> place?!?), but never the whole bag. It was clear across town (20 > >> minutes each way - thank God it was Saturday or the time would have > >> been more). I kicked myself for awhile, then I started laughing at my > >> stupidity - how could I have left behind the one bag that would > >> prevent me from doing my job? Here's my excuse: > >> > >> The owner of the home and I were talking as I was putting the piano > >> back together - the owner happens to be a Boston Red Sox fan, and I'm > >> not. > >> > >> I was cursed! > >> > >> -Phil Bondi(Fl) > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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