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face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>A tuner that used to work for me in Portland,
Oregon brought it in one evening. I was having dinner when he came to the door
saying something like, "Del, you have to come down and look at this. You won't
believe it if I just tell you about it." He was right. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>The action had been "rebuilt" someplace near
Pittsburgh, PA. Only the hammers through the center half (or so) had been
replaced because "since few people play those notes out at the ends
the supply companies don't make them anymore." The black stuff didn't
go on until sometime after the hammers -- that was how they were "voiced." I
never did figure out what it was. Glassy hard, though. I was especially
intrigued by the hammershank repair. Nice glue, that. I ended up installing a
whole new action.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=750175223-11012008><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>None of this did my dinner much
good.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080>Del</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Delwin D Fandrich<BR>Piano Design & Manufacturing
Consultant<BR>620 South Tower Avenue<BR>Centralia, Washington 98531
USA<BR>Phone 360.736-7563<BR><<A
href="mailto:fandrich@pianobuilders.com">mailto:fandrich@pianobuilders.com</A>>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Barbara
Richmond<BR><B>Sent:</B> January 11, 2008 1:23 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech
List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: custom hammers<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What the ... is that?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>br</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=fandrich@pianobuilders.com
href="mailto:fandrich@pianobuilders.com">Delwin D Fandrich</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">'Pianotech List'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 11, 2008 2:57
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: custom hammers</DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Ah, you guys are wimps. You ain't seen nothin' till you've
seen the fine craftsmanship of this wonderful technician:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>ddf</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2><FONT size=2>Delwin D Fandrich<BR>Piano Design &
Manufacturing Consultant<BR>620 South Tower Avenue<BR>Centralia, Washington
98531 USA<BR>Phone 360.736-7563<BR><<A
href="mailto:fandrich@pianobuilders.com">mailto:fandrich@pianobuilders.com</A>>
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<P><BR><BR>| -----Original Message-----<BR>| From: <A
href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A><BR>|
[</FONT><A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org"><FONT
size=2>mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</FONT></A><FONT size=2>] On Behalf
Of William R. Monroe<BR>| Sent: January 10, 2008 4:52 PM<BR>| To:
Pianotech<BR>| Subject: custom hammers<BR>|<BR>| OK all you custom hammer
hangers, you've got nothin' on these babies!!<BR>|<BR>| I took this action
in for rebuild, the previous "job" (can<BR>| you call it that) left a bit to
be desired. I swear, it<BR>| looks like it had to take four times as
long to "checker"<BR>| these hammers so desperately wrong than to just do it
right. <BR>| Nice glue collar though, eh?<BR>|<BR>| ;-]<BR>|<BR>|
William R. Monroe<BR>| </FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>