Help the Thumper reach Rochester! Free Ecsaine! Free Simplex PianoPlayer!

[gordon stelter]

Hi Fenton,
     Hold that check until I see if enough is offered
to get me there, then I'll contact you. ( Probably a 
month prior. ) 
    Thanks!
    G

--- Fenton Murray <fmurray at cruzio.com> wrote:

> Thumper,
> Who ever and wherever you are, I like you're style.
> I'll pledge $25. Tell me
> where to send it and it's yours, but if you do make
> it to Rochester, and I'm
> counting on it, you buy me a drink. It'll probably
> cost you the other 15.
> Fenton
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp at yahoo.com>
> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 8:34 PM
> Subject: Help the Thumper reach Rochester! Free
> Ecsaine! Free Simplex
> PianoPlayer!
> 
> 
> > Howdy Folks!
> >      I'm poor, but not ashamed. I work in the 5th
> > poorest county in the U.S. ( worse than New
> Orleans'
> > 9th Ward ) where 90% of pianos are cruddy old
> uprights
> > or Kimball Whitneys, and the few folks rich enough
> for
> > REAL pianos are ( historically ) used to paying
> > everyone minimum wage. ( Or less. Much less. ) 
> Add to
> > that the fact that I was rear-ended by a personal
> > injury lawyer in front of a  chiropractor's office
> 5
> > years ago ( no kidding ) and didn't get a 
> settlement
> > ( but did get neck injuries ) and you can
> understand
> > why I can't afford to go.  But I'd love to!
> >    So, here's my offer:
> >    1)Anybody who chips in $10 or more gets samples
> of
> > all three piano-specific Ecsaine thicknesses to
> play
> > with. This is the astounding, uniform, buckskin
> > substitute made by Toray industries that is used
> by
> > Yamaha and Kawai ( or so I've heard. ) Great stuff
> !!!
> > I'll never use buckskin again! It took MONTHS to
> pry
> > this out of Toray, with the promise that I'd
> promote
> > it among pianotechs. If enough demand it, and I
> can
> > get Toray to sell me a  reasonable minimum stock,
> I'll
> > then offer it, reasonably priced.
> >    2)Whoever chips in the most wins the 1890's
> push-up
> > style Simplex piano player at my brother's in
> > Rochester. ( Unrestored. )
> >    3) I'll bring several samples of other gadgets
> and
> > techniques I've developed that may be of interest.
> >    4) Jack Wyatt is interested in my recent
> > experiences restoring a Chickering "Brown" action,
> to
> > help with his class. I'd much rather show up with
> my
> > jigs, and answer any and all questions. These
> beasts
> > are MURDER to restore and regulate, and I can save
> you
> > a hundred hours of grief ( at least ) were you to
> > ever encounter one. For one thing,  ( after days
> of
> > head scratching ) I devised a very effective jig
> to
> > make uniform cord loops in jacks. It measures the
> cord
> > perfectly, and prevents plug insertion from
> altering
> > loop length. There are also peculiar procedures
> for
> > disassembly/assembly/adjustment that may drive you
> to
> > suicide.
> >      On top of that, I'd love to meet y'all, give
> my
> > enemies a chance to vent their completely
> > unreasobnable frustrations with me in person, and
> have
> > a  "Piano Battle" with any fellow ragtime or
> stride
> > players who show up.
> >      If you are, for good or evil, interested in
> > seeing me at Rochester, please email with a
> pledge. If
> > they tally, along with my finances, enough to
> attend,
> > I'll take you up on them and see you there.
> >     Ecsaine to be distributed once I arrive.
> >
> >     Thanks!
> >     Thump
> >
> >
> > --- JWyatt1492 at aol.com wrote:
> >
> > > Hello Thump,
> > >
> > >
> > >     I would like to talk to you about the
> "Brown"
> > > action and your experience with it.
> > >
> > >   I have a working model of the later "Brown"
> > > action.
> > > It is in the Museum in K.C.
> > >
> > >   It will be part on my class in Rochester.
> > >
> > > I will need your Phone no,
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Jack Wyatt
> > >
> >
> >
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