[pianotech] {Pianotech] Finally,

[Paul McCloud]

Hi, Chuck:
Center pin punchings?  Yeah, we got that! (from Staples ad)
Paul McCloud
SAn DiegO


----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Behm" <behmpiano at gmail.com>
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 7:26:08 AM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] {Pianotech] Finally,

You guys need to quit whining about dropping a few paper punchings. They're color coded, for God's sakes. I knocked a plastic compartment box full of center pin punchings off the top of a TV to the floor. Imagine my chagrin as I scooped them up into a pile. I can visually tell the difference between a size 18 1/2 pin and a size 26, but how about the difference between a size 20 and a size 20 1/2?? 

The smart thing to do would have been to throw the entire works into the trash and pick up the phone to dial Schaff to reorder, but I was so damn mad at myself that I got out my micrometer, and miked ever stinking one of them. A morning well spent, in that I got really good at converting the micrometer reading to a pin size, and I've never dropped the box since. 

I hold onto it with both hands when I move it from point A to point B and watch where I'm putting my feet, let me tell you. Best wishes, all. Chuck Behm