[pianotech] Terry's Comments<G>

[Horace Greeley]

Hi, Del,

At 01:05 PM 1/29/2011, you wrote:
>Oh, please! This sounds like the kind of wacko 
>thing I would do just to see what the result 
>might be. In the process I’d probably move the 
>bridges around, give it a new scale, put in a 
>couple of soundboard cutoff bars and – well, you 
>get the idea. I really didn’t think there would be two of us
.

Now, Del...you're just not _that_ special, you 
know...there's plenty of us who would play with 
such a marvel of modern technology!

Perhaps we can talk the barkeeps at WESPAC to 
invent a new drink called the Alum-a-Tone...it 
would have to be very shiny and light...hmmm...

Best.

Horace


>
>ddf
>
>Delwin D Fandrich
>Piano Design & Fabrication
>620 South Tower Avenue
>Centralia, Washington 98531 USA
>del at fandrichpiano.com
>ddfandrich at gmail.com
>Phone  360.736.7563
>
>From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org 
>[mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Nicholas Gravagne
>Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 12:34 PM
>To: pianotech at ptg.org
>Subject: Re: [pianotech] Terry's Comments<G>
>
>Yeah, it is TOO cool. Alum-a-tone is exactly 
>right! Good sales phrase -- the tone shimmers 
>like crinkled aluminum foil in the sun.
>
>The old buggy with a genuine Alcoa Plate was 
>mfg. circa mid to late 1940s, a gift to my 
>mother from my father, and began its musical 
>life in a third-story walk up apartment in Da 
>Bronx, NY after which it moved to two locations 
>in NJ where I went to school and grew up.
>

>I'm thinking of totally rebuilding this thing 
>and showing it sometime at a rebuilder's showcase ;-)
>
>See ya soon at WESTPAC this March.