Hee, hee, I like to think I'm just being proactive in not allowing others to ever take me too seriously. WRM > William, > > you are a hell of a man to admit this! The same incident played out for > me about 2 weeks ago. A M&H bb I have in to restring. The piano belongs > to Nevin Essex who's another technician in town. He was in the shop with > me and we had put in all of the perimeter screws and snugged them up > nicely. Then Nevin recalled that he had not put in the nose bolts. Just > to add another insult to the situation we discovered that he also hadn't > drilled through the new board. Embarrassing! But hey, its his piano, his > board, I'm just the stringer... > > Shawn Brock, RPT > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William Monroe" <pianotech at a440piano.net> > To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 10:51 PM > Subject: [pianotech] One of dem days > > >> Ever have one of those days? Mine was today. Shop day. Feeling pretty >> good about myself, the piano, etc. Piano is nicely refinished, plate >> goes back in without incident, perfect. Used my little rim guards that I >> made (gleaned from Alan McCoy - thanks Alan!) So perfect, awesome, not >> even close to any scratches. Plate screws, perimeter bolts in, snug. >> >> Time to put the nuts on the nose bolts....... Nose bolts? What >> the....... >> >> Who was responsible for that?!?!?! >> >> Grrrr. I don't mind being reminded that I'm not perfect, but did it have >> to be like that? At least I didn't glue in the other music desk glide >> yet. <G> >> >> On the up-side, I got to use my new Agraffe spinner (thanks again, Ron >> N.) today. Hot diggity, right next to, well, cashews and chocolate, I'm >> told. >> >> William R. Monroe
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