<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: AGaramond Bold"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=3>Page 91, punchings.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=3>I have seen both the felt, and thick cardboard used.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=3>Thick cardboard, should be fine for your purposes.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=3>Probably your tuner that helps you, would give you some, as they are very cheap.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pianotune05@comcast.net href="mailto:pianotune05@comcast.net">pianotune05</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 08, 2006 11:33 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Marking your spot</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>Hi John,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>I think I'm going to give that a try.  Does Schaff sell these?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>Marshall</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">John Ross</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=joegarrett@earthlink.net href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</A> ; <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 08, 2006 5:03 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Marking your spot</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=3>Another way, is to put a front rail punching on all the A's.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=3>I have run across, a few pianos, where the vision impaired person left them in. That is just my assumption, that is why they were there. </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=joegarrett@earthlink.net href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">Joseph Garrett</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 08, 2006 5:48 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Marking your spot</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P> <DIV>Perhaps you could use 8 short lengths of tubing <DIV><FONT size=+0>that will slip over the tuning pins. The first thing you could do is</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>mark the location of all the A's with a piece of tubing. Then you</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>wouldn't have to go all the way to one of the breaks to count back to</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>your position if you get lost.</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Marshall,</DIV> <DIV>There is a better way, that is time tested. I use it for chipping up a newly strung piano, before the action is ready. Put front rail punchings on all of the "A's". You can still get your tuning hammer on the pin, unlike the tubing idea.<G> This is also a good thing for Square Grands when the note lettering is gone/erased/covered in crud.<G> This is a technique used by the olde time "blind" tuners.</DIV> <DIV>Regards,</DIV> <DIV>Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon)</DIV> <DIV>Captain, Tool Police</DIV> <DIV>Squares R I</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>