<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PostalCode"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/>  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue> <div class=Section1> Hey Alan,<o:p></o:p> Good article about installing plastic elbows.  And you are so right about the damper flanges...however the best part was the article, “A Humid Recital Stirs Bankok.” It was hilarious!  How do I get permission to copy the article for our Martin Area Music Teachers Association?  Nearly all of them are piano teachers (the others are voice teachers and one lone low brass teacher) and they would love the article (although I might have to explain about the felt between the white and black keys).  BTW one of our members is a concert pianist, native of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region>, who toured with her late husband in the 50’s and 60’s as the Nelson and Neal Piano Duo. They played on two Baldwin SD-10s which they hauled from venue to venue in a truck.  He passed away in the late 60’s and she has since remarried and still does some limited performing.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Joy!<o:p></o:p> Elwood <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> Elwood Doss, Jr., M.M.E., RPT<o:p></o:p> Piano Technician/Technical Director<o:p></o:p> Department of Music<o:p></o:p> 145 Fine Arts Building<o:p></o:p> The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Tennessee</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> at Martin<o:p></o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Martin</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">TN</st1:State>  <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">38238</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p> 731/881-1852<o:p></o:p> FAX: 731/881-7415<o:p></o:p> HOME: 731/587-5700<o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: Alan Barnard [mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net] Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 10:11 PM To: Pianotech List Subject: Re: elbow job<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> <div> If you'll go to <a href="http://www.ptg.org/newsletters/631/2006/07.pdf">http://www.ptg.org/newsletters/631/2006/07.pdf</a> you'll see a brief article with pictures and a discussion on making this job quick and (relatively) easy.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> I, too, use straight forcips and sometimes a small pair of curved-blade needle-nosed pliers to snip the remains after first using regular pliers (or fingers) to break any elbows not already broken.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> One further thing: When you are lying on the floor--looking up--to clean those whippens, it is a FANTASTIC idea to wear eye protection!<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> And, by the way, those damper flanges are doomed, sooner rather than later. <o:p></o:p> </div> <blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt; margin-left:0in;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'> -----Original Message----- From: piannaman@aol.com Sent: Jan 5, 2007 9:28 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: elbow job <o:p></o:p> <ZZZHTML><ZZZBODY> <div>  Liszt,<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> I did an elbow job today on an old Sohmer 32 spinet.  I was surprised at the quality of the piano, and it seems to me that Sohmer wasn't necessarily trying to cut the overhead with the plastic they used, because the rest of the instrument is quite well made.  Unfortunately, the damper flanges have are made of the same ivory colored plastic.  Fortunately, they don't get the same impact as elbows.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> The customers had the Beatles White Album on at my request as I worked, which helped quite a bit.  Took about 4 hours.  Straight forceps are really the thing to dig out broken plastic and bushings from the wippens, IMHO.  I thought I was moving along pretty well, but 4 hours seemed a bit long.  Then I thought, "88 elbows to break off, wips to clean out, threads to clean out and lube, new elbows to clip in place, and buttons to regulate."  This was the 3rd or 4th elbow job I've ever done.  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> I'm just curious how long this job takes some of you who have done it more frequently.<o:p></o:p> </div> <div>  <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> Dave Stahl http://dstahlpiano.net/ <o:p></o:p> </div> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:7.5pt;text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center> </div> <a href="http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/1615326657x4311227241x4298082137/aol?redir=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eaol%2Ecom%2Fnewaol" target="_blank">Check out the new AOL</a>. 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