Someone once asked me for a whole reel because a new building for Hewlett Packard needed it to true one edge. Terry Farrell wrote: > Gee whizz Tom, nice guy. An alternative direction would be to help > the person out and give (or sell) them whatever wire they need. I've > done this many times - for windshields, cleaning carburetors, a loom, > etc., etc. It can be kinda fun - you get to meet someone doing > something different than what you do - and hey, maybe they have a > piano - or know someone that does - or maybe they'll tell someone > about their experience with you and they tell someone who has a piano > - or whatever. Sometimes it's just kinda nice to be nice. > > How could meeting someone new, smiling, doing a good deed and just > being an all 'round nice guy be a waste of time? > > Terry Farrell > > On Dec 22, 2012, at 9:20 PM, Tom Driscoll wrote: > >> Marshall, >> Give her the # of one of those resellers . This kind of thing is a >> waste of time. I used to get requests for wire used in cheese slicers >> or piano wire for the removal of car windshields. You have to meet >> them ( if they show ) and you have better things to do. >> JMO >> Tom D. >> >> I'll send you a link off list to one of these places (who by the way >> charge more than our usual supply house friends for the same stuff) >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Marshall Gisondi <mailto:pianotune05 at hotmail.com> >> *To:* pianotech at ptg.org <mailto:pianotech at ptg.org> >> *Sent:* Saturday, December 22, 2012 9:01 PM >> *Subject:* [pianotech] interesting request >> >> Hi Everyone, >> I received an interesting e-mail today. To me it's a strange >> request. This person wants to know if I have any piano wired >> that she can use to make jewelry, a pin to be exact. Is this a >> prank or is piano wire used for jewelry? If it is, I can sell >> her a batch. What gauge would she need if in fact this is >> something I have. I'd give it to her I guess, but this stuff wil >> cost me if I have to buy a particular gauge again. What would I >> sell it for if I did sel lher some? /Thanks >> Marshall >> 215-510-9400 >> http://www.phillytuner.com >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20121223/d77c9699/attachment.htm>
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