Hello everyone, I was just talking with Ruth at Allied Piano. She reports that Webb is experiencing failing health. He suffers with Parkinson's and is no longer taking 'phone calls. Some of us might want to send him our best Christmas wishes this year. He is a remarkable gentleman, having devoted his life to the piano industry. His generosity in helping others in the field is unrivaled. Webb Phillips 3096 Bristol Road Warrington, PA 18976 Denise On Dec 16, 2009, at 12:17 AM, Matthew Todd wrote: > What? Resting your hard head? > > --- On Wed, 12/16/09, David Ilvedson <ilvey at sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > From: David Ilvedson <ilvey at sbcglobal.net> > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Matthew Todd loose damper lever lead. > Forward from mypost from 11-21-09 Yamaha G1 - Loose under lever lead > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Date: Wednesday, December 16, 2009, 5:11 AM > > Tom, > > He was away alright... > > I'll try to give it a rest, but it is hard... > > David Ilvedson, RPT > Pacifica, CA 94044 > > ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- > From: "Tom Driscoll" <tomtuner at verizon.net> > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Received: 12/15/2009 8:03:01 PM > Subject: [pianotech] Matthew Todd loose damper lever lead. Forward > from mypost from 11-21-09 Yamaha G1 - Loose under lever lead > > > > >Matthew, > > This is more detail from our discussion three weeks ago. You must > have been away > >from the list that week or you wouldn't have asked a question that > was under such > >recent discussion. > >Check out the other postings from 11-20- 09 through 11-21- 09 > >Al Guecia among others had some suggestions . > > >List, > > I'm a little late to this thread but several years ago I fashioned > a tool for swedgeing > >loose damper leads from an > >11". 45 degree needle nose pliers such as at this web site. > > >http://www.sjdiscounttools.com/kti51211.html > > >I put the thing in a vice and gave the tips a few judicious wacks > then dressed the > >tips a bit . I think the fact that this is an inexpensive tool > worked to my advantage > >as it was pretty malleable and the 45 degree angle gives good > access to the levers. > >I make three or four dimples around the edge of the lead and it > does the job. I've > >made a few of these for some fellow techs with positive reports > back. Under ten > >bucks and no need to C.A. > >Tom Driscoll -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091216/4b84bb6b/attachment.htm>
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