<div> Dean:<br> <br> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I've been doing that for years! What a good idea (he said self-reflexively). :-)<br> <br> P<br> </font></div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <br> </div> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Dean May <deanmay@pianorebuilders.com><br> To: 'Pianotech List' <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 11:23 am<br> Subject: RE: Plate Lettering<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_2_64e718c4-c381-4f34-9918-6026d57a75c1"> <style> @#AOLMsgPart_2_64e718c4-c381-4f34-9918-6026d57a75c1 font-face {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}@#AOLMsgPart_2_64e718c4-c381-4f34-9918-6026d57a75c1 font-face {font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC"; panose-1:3 7 4 2 5 3 2 3 2 3;} #AOLMsgPart_2_64e718c4-c381-4f34-9918-6026d57a75c1 p.MsoNormal,#AOLMsgPart_2_64e718c4-c381-4f34-9918-6026d57a75c1 li.MsoNormal,#AOLMsgPart_2_64e718c4-c381-4f34-9918-6026d57a75c1 div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";}#AOLMsgPart_2_64e718c4-c381-4f34-9918-6026d57a75c1 a:link,#AOLMsgPart_2_64e718c4-c381-4f34-9918-6026d57a75c1 span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;}#AOLMsgPart_2_64e718c4-c381-4f34-9918-6026d57a75c1 a:visited,#AOLMsgPart_2_64e718c4-c381-4f34-9918-6026d57a75c1 span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple; text-decoration:underline;}#AOLMsgPart_2_64e718c4-c381-4f34-9918-6026d57a75c1 p.MsoAutoSig,#AOLMsgPart_2_64e718c4-c381-4f34-9918-6026d57a75c1 li.MsoAutoSig,#AOLMsgPart_2_64e718c4-c381-4f34-9918-6026d57a75c1 div.MsoAutoSig {mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0in; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";}#AOLMsgPart_2_64e718c4-c381-4f34-9918-6026d57a75c1 pre {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Courier New";}#AOLMsgPart_2_64e718c4-c381-4f34-9918-6026d57a75c1 span.EmailStyle18 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; font-family:Arial; color:navy;}@#AOLMsgPart_2_64e718c4-c381-4f34-9918-6026d57a75c1 page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;}#AOLMsgPart_2_64e718c4-c381-4f34-9918-6026d57a75c1 div.Section1 {page:Section1;}</style> <div class="Section1"> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">If you do not wish to mark the plate you can use golf tees while stringing to keep you on track. Label a set of white tees from 12 to 22 including half sizes. Then drop them in the appropriate holes where the scale changes. </span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></font></div> <div> <div class="MsoAutoSig"><b><font color="navy" face="Bradley Hand ITC" size="6"><span style="font-size: 22pt; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; color: navy; font-weight: bold;">Dean</span></font></b><font color="navy"><span style="color: navy;"></span></font></div> <div class="MsoAutoSig" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font color="navy" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: navy;">Dean May             cell 812.239.3359 </span></font></div> <div class="MsoAutoSig" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font color="navy" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: navy;">PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272 </span></font></div> <div class="MsoAutoSig" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font color="navy" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: navy;">Terre Haute</span></font><font color="navy"><span style="color: navy;"> IN  47802</span></font><font color="navy"><span style="color: navy;"></span></font></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></font></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <hr align="center" size="2" width="100%"> </span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold;">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> <a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org">pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a> [<a href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org?">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</a>] <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">On Behalf Of </span></b>Jon Page<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, August 02, 2008 11:52 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Plate Lettering</span></font></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">></span></font><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black;">What are the rest of you using for string scale markings?</span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">I personally do not demarcate the wire gages because it detracts from the</span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">appearance of the plate. Most techs carry a micrometer anyway, or should.</span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">But a fluid writing pen will also allow you to free-hand numeric characters.</span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">It's not just for the lettering.</span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><u><font color="#40127b" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(64, 18, 123);"><a href="http://www.dickblick.com/zz649/11/" target="_blank">http://www.dickblick.com/zz649/11/</a></span></font></u></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The handle is a little narrow for my grasp so I split a length of player tubing</span></font></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">and wrapped it around to beef it up.</span></font></div> </div> <pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">-- </span></font></pre> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br> Regards,<br> <br> Jon Page</span></font></div> </div> </div> </div>  <div id='u8CAC2E3153F0990-84-15B5' class='aol_ad_footer'><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">It's time to go back to school! 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