<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:ns0 = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3314" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I like to point out that about half the mass of most Steinways is not Steinway to begin with - they all have a Kelly plate in them (only very recently was Kelly bought by Steinway).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=toddpianoworks@att.net href="mailto:toddpianoworks@att.net">Matthew Todd</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=hpp@highpointpiano.com href="mailto:hpp@highpointpiano.com">hpp@highpointpiano.com</A> ; <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 04, 2008 7:01 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Wives tales ...</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>My favorite is . . .</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>If you don't replace the Steinway part with a Steinway part, the piano is no longer a Steinway.  Sounds like bull crud to me.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Matthew<BR><BR><B><I>Garret Traylor <<A href="mailto:hpp@highpointpiano.com">hpp@highpointpiano.com</A>></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)" name=Generator> <STYLE>v\:* { BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML) } o\:* { BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML) } w\:* { BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML) } .shape { BEHAVIOR: url(#default#VML) } </STYLE> <STYLE>  </STYLE> <DIV class=Section1> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: navy">I think it warrants publication.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Kindest Regards,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Garret <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">---<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></DIV> <DIV> <DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"> <DIV class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"> <A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A> [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Dean May<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 04, 2008 6:20 PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'Pianotech List'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: Wives tales ...<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: navy">This is not a wives tale, but it is a good one I just heard today. A church got a new Yamaha G3 last fall. They removed the 2 year old complete Damp Chaser system from their old grand but they aren’t sure they want to install it on the new Yamaha. Some members are concerned about “damaging” the new piano by putting screws into it. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: navy">There are experts everywhere you look.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoAutoSig><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bradley Hand ITC'">Dean</SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoAutoSig style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: navy">Dean May             cell 812.239.3359 <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoAutoSig style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: navy">PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272 <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoAutoSig style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="COLOR: navy">Terre Haute </SPAN><ns0:State><SPAN style="COLOR: navy">IN</SPAN></ns0:State><SPAN style="COLOR: navy">  </SPAN><ns0:PostalCode><SPAN style="COLOR: navy">47802</SPAN></ns0:PostalCode><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> <HR align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Garret Traylor<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 04, 2008 5:39 PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'Pianotech List'<BR><B>Subject:</B> Wives tales ...</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal>Forgive me if this is already in the archives.  Would you care to help generate a list of myths “wives tales” and responses?  Like you I deal with them all the time.  Even thought the piano has not been tuned for ump-teen years the customer calls for a tuning because the piano was just moved across the room.  What school do our customers attend to be so well versed at (Im)proper piano care?<o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Kindest Regards,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Garret <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">---<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Garret Traylor - President<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">High Point Piano & Music Inc.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">88-PIANO (336) 887-4266<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>