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<DIV>Fagetaboutit! Yuck!</DIV>
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<DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 27, 2006 3:19
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> WOW!! I saw GOLD PAINTED tuning
pins!</DIV>
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<DIV>Greetings,</DIV>
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<DIV> I tuned a small
grand piano (circa 1920) for a small chapel amd the tuning pins and the fore
strings about 2" in, were painted gold!</DIV>
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<DIV> Now, I
<EM><STRONG><U>love</U></STRONG></EM> to paint. Its a hobby, I mean, I have
wooden wash props that I painted purple and aqua
sides and I masked them with peg board to spray gold
polka-dots. All this is to say that I am <EM>veerrrry</EM> critical
of how good a paint job is .</DIV>
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<DIV> These tuning pins were wire
brushed and the girt and grime was cleaned off, (the prep work was
obviously <EM><U>well </U></EM>done) the piano was obviously masked to avoid
over spray and then painted gold with spray
paint! ....and <EM><STRONG>IT LOOKED
GOOD</STRONG></EM>! I tuned it, and the paint never got in my way, felt
gummy or even chipped!!! It was a well done job! </DIV>
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<DIV> The History channel recently
had a documentary on paint's use, function and it's history. It explained how
a coat of paint will stop rust in it's tracks. I have a customer who just was
given an old grand piano and the pin area is UGLY, I mean, I wire brushed
it and vaccuumed and it still looks grubby. I'm ready to suggest a paint job
to this customer, wire brush and masking tape/cardboard in hand!</DIV>
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<DIV> Gimme paint, dahmik! and I am
dangerous!!! Seeing this opened up a new dimension'ne. Comments?
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<DIV>Julia Gottshall</DIV>
<DIV>Reading, PA </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>