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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks for that tip in time =
Mike!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>MG(UK)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</spa=
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Mike Kurta [mailto:mkurta@adelphia.net] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 22 September 2005 =
23:59<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Pianotech; Rodney =
Gorzka; Paul
Simkin; Paul Kupelian; Nick Smith; Mike Kurta; Michelle Stranges; Loren =
Miller;
Ken Williams; John Harrington; Joel Levine; Joe Karwacki; Gary =
Sylvester; Fred
Scoles; Ed Mastin; Bob Lee; Art Smith; Al Grenning; Tom Moonan<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Lesson =
learned.....</span></font><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> I made a boo-boo today and I'm =
posting
this so no one else should make the same =
mistake. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> 1. Tilted a small spinet on =
its
back for CA glue application to the loose =
pins.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> 2. Applied CA without
incident. A second application followed as most were soaked up by =
the pin
bushings. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> 3. Righted piano and began =
tuning,
here's where it gets good.....</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> 4. Found several dampers =
frozen to
strings, and several strings sound dead with no =
sustain.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> 5. Finally realize that not =
all the
CA was absorbed into the pinblock, but enough stayed on the surface to =
run down
the strings when I tilted the piano back up to normal, coating =
the
strings and soaking into the dampers.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> 6. Going back Monday to fix
it. The lesson here: Check to see how much liquid is =
still
sitting on the plate before uprighting the =
piano.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU =
!!</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> Mike =
Kurta</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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