<!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 6.00.6000.16608" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>While tuning an old Steinway Upright I noticed many tuning dates in pencil from the early 1900s, all from the same tuner. I also noticed an arrow pointing to a note in the tuning pin area with the word 'buzz', same handwriting from the same era, sure enough it was still buzzing, mind you I'm on the scene maybe 85 years later. I can't leave this one alone, I looked around, pulled the action and saw the bridge notching just a little bit off with the string contacting the bridge side cut on a firm blow, a little chisel work and all is well. That guy can sleep now. We gotta help each other out in this biz.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fenton</FONT></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=wimblees@aol.com href="mailto:wimblees@aol.com">Willem Blees</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> Friday, February 29, 2008 12:05 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Treasures in pianos</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><WBR>A brothel.<BR><BR> <DIV style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<BR>Piano Tuner/Technician<BR>Honolulu, HI<BR>Author of <BR>The Business of Piano Tuning<BR>available from Potter Press<BR><A href="http://www.pianotuning.com">www.pianotuning.com</A></DIV><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: Paul T Williams <<A href="mailto:pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu">pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu</A>><BR>To: Pianotech List <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR>Sent: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 3:38 am<BR>Subject: Re: Treasures in pianos<BR><BR> <DIV id=AOLMsgPart_2_9e0f7a0f-fb7d-44ab-bfc7-d1e749be8301><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>It's cool to see old dates and tuners who used to sign the plate in old uprights.  The best one I saw was an old upright painted white and inside on the green plate was a techs name and dated 1909, Nome Alaska!  It either had to be in a bar or missionary.  What else could have been there in those days?</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>pw</FONT> <BR><BR><BR><BR> <TABLE width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR vAlign=top> <TD width="40%"><FONT face=sans-serif size=1><B><<A href="mailto:pianolady50@peoplepc.com">pianolady50@peoplepc.com</A>></B> </FONT><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>Sent by: <A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>02/28/2008 03:47 PM</FONT> <TABLE> <TBODY> <TR vAlign=top> <TD bgColor=white> <DIV align=center><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>Please respond to<BR>Pianotech List <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>></FONT></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR></DIV> <TD width="59%"> <TABLE width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR vAlign=top> <TD> <DIV align=right><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>To</FONT></DIV> <TD><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>"Pianotech List" <<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>></FONT> <TR vAlign=top> <TD> <DIV align=right><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>cc</FONT></DIV> <TD> <TR vAlign=top> <TD> <DIV align=right><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>Subject</FONT></DIV> <TD><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>Re: Treasures in pianos</FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR> <TABLE> <TBODY> <TR vAlign=top> <TD> <TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Various coins, of course, including a 1913, 10 shilling, silver coin from India.</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dog food, mice nests, little skeletons, and palmetto bug carasses and the like in keybeds.</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>A miniature ceramic skunk.</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>A business card with a phone number: 451-L</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>A tiny thank you note from one neighbor to another, from April 1944 with a 'Win the War' .03 Victory stamp.  It was sent from 168 Peachtree Circle to 1382 Peachtree Street, same city.</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>In a summer home, half the fringe from the oriental carpet made a nice nest among the tracker bar tubing in an upright player.</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>One of the best finds was starting a rebuild on a Cornish reed organ on April 11, 1996 and inside finding the hand written date from a previous service, April 11, 1906!</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Debbie Legg</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT size=3> </FONT> <BR></DIV> <DIV class=aol_ad_footer id=u8CA49258791F7D7-D38-DDF><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> Supercharge your AIM. 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