My address for Ecsaine samples and/or donations to help me get to Rochester.

[gordon stelter]

Dear List,
    A number of you have requested my address. 
    It is:

    Gordon Stelter
    Box 2762, Athens, Ga., 30612.

    I'm no "fly-by-night", but I live in a slightly
"iffy" neighborhood, where residents occassionally put
fliers in your mailbox, whilst simultaneously removing
the extant contents, so the P.O. Box is much safer.
    I'll send anyone who donates at least $10 Ecsaine
samples, whether I collect enough for the convention
or not.
    Peace,
     G

P.S. Hope to see you there!
      

--- Dean May <deanmay at pianorebuilders.com> wrote:

> Thump
> 
> You didn't give us an address.
> 
> Dean
> Dean May             cell 812.239.3359
> PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272
> Terre Haute IN  47802
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org
> [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
> Of gordon stelter
> Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 11:34 PM
> To: Pianotech List
> 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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