Jeezzzzzzz, will you please promise to send the photos to the List so we can stop having the pleas for photos...????? David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Marc Mailhot" <mailhot0405 at yahoo.com> To: pianotech at ptg.org Received: 5/9/2009 12:34:02 PM Subject: [pianotech] Photo List on refinishing >Please include me on the photo list as well...always looking for further education >here. > >Thanks. > >Marc P. Mailhot >Marco Polo Music >Westbrook, ME USA >The Love You Take is Equal to the Love You Make... >The Beatles/Abbey Road (The End)...1969 >--- On Sat, 5/9/09, pianotech-request at ptg.org <pianotech-request at ptg.org> >wrote: >From: pianotech-request at ptg.org <pianotech-request at ptg.org> >Subject: pianotech Digest, Vol 7, Issue 87 >To: pianotech at ptg.org >Date: Saturday, May 9, 2009, 12:57 PM >Send pianotech mailing list submissions to > pianotech at ptg.org >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ptg.org/mailman/listinfo/pianotech_ptg.org >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > pianotech-request at ptg.org >You can reach the person managing the list at > pianotech-owner at ptg.org >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of pianotech digest..." >Today's Topics: > 1. Re: (no subject) (Ron Nossaman) > 2. Re: (no subject) (Dean May) > 3. piano felt (Gene Nelson) > 4. Re: no subject (Daniel Carlton) >> Or pitch sucking bridge splitting smoke emitting demons have been through >recently who, like the participants in the annual Ninja Parade, passed >undetected. >On consideration, that should be "dust emitting", rather than smoke. >All those big woolyboogers down in there had to come from *somewhere*. >Ron N >PS: My spell checker wants to change woolyboogers to astrologers. Maybe >it's not so dumb after all. >>>... students hear a different sound than on their teacher's pianos, where they >are judged > >For me, this is the biggie and a closer for selling the pitch raise to the customer. If I >ask, “Does your child complain that your home piano doesn’t sound the same >as the teacher’s piano?,†I will nearly always get an affirmative answer. We >should hope that students are learning more than mechanical playing skills. They also >need to hear pitch and the nuances of tone. While we can’t get much nuance >out of a Betsy Ross, we can certainly help the pitch. >Dean >Dean May             cell 812.239.3359 >PianoRebuilders.com  812.235.5272 >Terre Haute IN  47802 >From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf >Of Cy Shuster >Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 11:31 AM >To: pianotech at ptg.org >Subject: Re: [pianotech] (no subject) > >Welcome, Patrick!  Remember that Conrad sells flame suits... > >Some of the downsides of leaving a piano "a fret low" (as a country church pastor >once said): >... the bass sounds terrible, like a slack rubber band, and has no sustain.  Spinets >especially sound a lot better at pitch. >... students hear a different sound than on their teacher's pianos, where they are >judged >... students learn the wrong pitches >... you can't play with other instruments > >--Cy-- > >Cy Shuster, RPT >ABQ, NM >www.shusterpiano.com > >On May 9, 2009, at 8:39 AM, Patrick Mackey wrote: >Chuck and Julia and List, >This brings up an issue I have been wondering about.  Is there any reason to think >that leaving a piano a half-step flat is actually harmful?  It seems that any time I >run across a piano that's been left flat, it is likely to have separated bass >bridge/apron, ribs loose, long bridge cap unglued, etc.  I  am thinking mostly of >uprights if that makes any difference.  >Also, I would like to be included in your photo list.  >Also this is my first posting, I've been enjoying the list form the sidelines for a while >and so want to express my appreciation to everyone who contributes. >Patrick Mackey >New Orleans > >Anyone know where you can get black action felt? Only thing I have found is 1mm >thick felt and cloth - need thicker, denser felt. >Dying white felt has not very good results. >Thanks, >Gene >Or pitch sucking bridge splitting smoke emitting demons have been through recently >who, like the participants in the annual Ninja Parade, passed undetected. >Ron N >friggin' hilarious. ROTF LMAO! >Daniel Carlton >_______________________________________________ >pianotech mailing list >pianotech at ptg.org >http://ptg.org/mailman/listinfo/pianotech_ptg.org >
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