<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I rough them in with a 1" belt sander, and use a file to finish off, the notches etc.</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=tune4u@earthlink.net href="mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net">Alan R. Barnard</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 03, 2007 1:48 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: The Ultimate Aggravation ... was WOW! and More comic relief</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P>Large flat file with one of the thin edges ground smooth so I can get into the notch without cutting in the wrong direction.</P> <P> </P> <P>If there is a lot of material to trim, I use a Dremmel with a side-cutting bit to rough it out first. Be careful if you do that, it can get away from you.<BR><BR>Alan Barnard<BR>Salem, MO<BR>Joshua 24:15<BR><BR><BR><BR></P> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<BR>From: richard.ucci@att.net<BR>To: ilvey@sbcglobal.net, "Pianotech List" <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: 02/03/2007 10:34:09 AM<BR>Subject: RE: The Ultimate Aggravation ... was WOW! and More comic relief<BR><BR> <DIV></DIV> <P align=left>Alan, what method of trimming keytops do you use? I'm referring to the overhang on the sides.</P> <P>Thanks,</P> <P>Rick Ucci/Ucci Piano<BR></P> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message from "David Ilvedson" <ilvey@sbcglobal.net>: -------------- <BR><BR> <STYLE>P { MARGIN: 0px } </STYLE> <P>Well Alan, of course you only needed to ask for a glass of water and the cookies may have been forth coming...<BR><BR>David Ilvedson, RPT<BR>Pacifica, CA 94044<BR><BR></P> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<BR>From: "Alan R. Barnard" <TUNE4U@EARTHLINK.NET> </TUNE4U@EARTHLINK.NET><BR>To: pianotech@ptg.org<BR>Received: 2/2/2007 3:20:35 PM<BR>Subject: The Ultimate Aggravation ... was WOW! and More comic relief<BR><BR> <P>Spent several hours in a nice home today, installing keys newly topped, regulating, etc. Didn't take a lunch break because it was way out in the country, so I got pretty hungry  in the afternoon.<BR></P> <P>Meanwhile, for the duration of the time I was there, the young lady was baking batch after batch after batch of wonderful-smelling chocolate chip cookies for some church social or something.</P> <P><BR>Was I offered any? Noooooo.<BR></P> <P>I have other people invite me to lunch or dinner, sometimes, and have been handed many a plate of cookies or homemade bread, etc. But not this time.<BR></P> <P>So I made extra noise and scattered keytop shavings all over the place. <IMG src="mhtml:file:\\C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Local Settings\Temp\Intellect\Mail\Compose\CBD659B1-CE64-4F16-94F2-77E383D01892.mht!cid:roll_eyes.gif@39115.8869585417.377"><BR><BR>Alan Barnard<BR>Salem, MO<BR>Joshua 24:15<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>Original message<BR>From: KeyKat88@aol.com<BR>To: pianotech@ptg.org<BR>Received: 02/02/2007 6:35:33 AM<BR>Subject: Re: WOW! and More comic relief<BR><BR><BR>In a message dated 1/31/2007 8:59:36 PM Eastern Standard Time, PIANOTECHNICIAN@aol.com writes:<BR>How many can YOU think of?<BR>Greetings,<BR> <BR>         The one that annoys me the most is pictures, books and nic-naks...stuff  all over the the top of the piano, when they knew damn well you were coming to tune!  <BR> <BR>   (Also RE; other email...., for mathemetitans, I worked in engineering for 25 years. Started out in the steel industry..with its exhaustive data!)<BR> <BR>Julia<BR>Reading, PA</P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <P> <HR> <P></P>No virus found in this incoming message.<BR>Checked by AVG Free Edition.<BR>Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.19/663 - Release Date: 2/1/2007 2:28 PM<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>