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<div style="CLEAR: both">Dave Stahl<br>
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Dave Stahl Piano Service<br>
650-224-3560<br>
dstahlpiano@sbcglobal.net<br>
http://dstahlpiano.net/<br>
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Ken,</div>
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<div style="CLEAR: both">I love it. Maybe I should use the Sartre philosophy to explain to my client why her squeaky damper system doesn't really matter. </div>
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<div style="CLEAR: both">Fortunately, this client is not a disagreeable sort.</div>
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<div style="CLEAR: both">Thanks to all who have responded,</div>
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<div style="CLEAR: both">Dave<br>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: kenrpt@earthlink.net<br>
To: pianotech@ptg.org<br>
Sent: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 4:49 PM<br>
Subject: Re: damper mechanism squeaks....argh!<br>
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<div class=AOLPlainTextBody id=AOLMsgPart_0_9dba79a0-5810-422e-92b6-be74dd4ab006>I once tuned for a French teacher at a boarding school. <br>
She wasn't home and there was a horrific squeak from the bottom board. <br>
Not having my tilter, nor any wood wedges to stick under the piano, <br>
I looked on her bookshelf and saw multiple copies of Sartre's 'Being and Nothingness' (in French). <br>
I used one of them to prop up the bottom board and voila no more squeak. <br>
I left a note explaining what I did and why, with the comment that Sartre was wrong, <br>
existence does have both meaning and purpose. <br>
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Ken Jankura <br>
Newville PA <br>
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On Dec 21, 2006, at 1:13 PM, Joseph Alkana wrote: <br>
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> Try bracing under the bottom board and see if the squeak goes away <br>
> Joseph Alkana RPT <br>
> ----- Original Message ----- <br>
> From: Gene Nelson <br>
> To: Pianotech List <br>
> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 9:17 AM <br>
> Subject: Re: damper mechanism squeaks....argh! <br>
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