<html dir="ltr"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252"> <style>@font-face { font-family: Tahoma; } @font-face { font-family: Lucida Calligraphy; } @font-face { font-family: CAC Leslie; } @font-face { font-family: AGaramond; } @font-face { font-family: Calibri; } @font-face { font-family: sans-serif; } @page Section1 {margin: 1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; } P.MsoNormal { MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; FONT-SIZE: 12pt } LI.MsoNormal { MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; FONT-SIZE: 12pt } DIV.MsoNormal { MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; FONT-SIZE: 12pt } A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } A:visited { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } P.MsoPlainText { MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New"; FONT-SIZE: 10pt } LI.MsoPlainText { MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New"; FONT-SIZE: 10pt } DIV.MsoPlainText { MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New"; FONT-SIZE: 10pt } P.MsoAutoSig { FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in } LI.MsoAutoSig { FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in } DIV.MsoAutoSig { FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in } SPAN.EmailStyle17 { FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy } </style><style id="owaParaStyle">P { MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px } </style> </head> <body lang="EN-US" vlink="blue" link="blue" fPStyle="1" ocsi="0"> <div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Times New Roman;color: #000000;font-size: 12pt;"> Dean, You're sounding like my dad! <div>   <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 13px"> Jim Coleman, Jr  RPT Staff Piano Technician-    University of Tennessee President-      Piano Technicians Guild <a href="mailto:jcolem21@utk.edu">jcolem21@utk.edu</a> 602-989-0005  Cell 865-465-7100  Home 865-748-0998  UT Office   </div> </div> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 16px"> <hr tabindex="-1"> <div style="DIRECTION: ltr" id="divRpF452241">From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] on behalf of Dean May [deanmay@pianorebuilders.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 9:46 AM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Now THIS is classic! </div> <div></div> <div> <div class="Section1"> What’s even sadder is that piano could likely have been saved with a simple CA treatment to the pins. The cabinet was nice, the key tops good and level, didn’t sound too bad.   <div> Dean Dean W May                        (812) 235-5272 voice and text PianoRebuilders.com           (888) DEAN-MAY         Terre Haute IN 47802           Give us a LIKE on Facebook! <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/PianoRebuilderscom/137780082943148" target="_blank"> Go to PianoRebuilders.com</a> </div> <div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"> <hr tabindex="-1" align="center" size="2" width="100%"> </div> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of David Nereson Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 3:14 AM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Now THIS is classic! </div>   Hard to believe the cast-iron plate would shred, although they are brittle.  Hope they pull the metal out with a(n) (electro-)magnet and at least recycle that.  Sad to see a lot of these pianos go, but then to rebuild most of them is not profitable unless they a) don't need refinishing, b) don't need a new soundboard and, preferably, c) don't also need a new pinblock, which is rare.  Oh, you can do all of the above, but then you have to sell it for about the price of a new one in order to make any money.  --David Nereson, RPT <div> On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 6:47 AM, Paul T Williams <<a href="mailto:pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu" target="_blank">pwilliams4@unlnotes.unl.edu</a>> wrote: Here's another funny one; Paul <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJzG7CSYg3U" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJzG7CSYg3U</a> <table style="WIDTH: 100%" class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" valign="top"> From: </td> <td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" valign="top"> "Rob & Helen Goodale" <<a href="mailto:rrg@unlv.nevada.edu" target="_blank">rrg@unlv.nevada.edu</a>> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" valign="top"> To: </td> <td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" valign="top"> <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" target="_blank">pianotech@ptg.org</a>> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" valign="top"> Date: </td> <td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" valign="top"> 03/12/2012 12:13 AM </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" valign="top"> Subject: </td> <td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0.75pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0.75pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 0.75pt; PADDING-TOP: 0.75pt" valign="top"> [pianotech] Now THIS is classic! </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>   <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"> <hr align="center" color="#a0a0a0" size="2" width="100%" noshade=""> </div> A classic ending for the life of a piano.  ROFLMAO     <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5kNtebLcU4&list=LL2zAEcLKVnTuvvKxR8dkl6w&feature=mh_lolz" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5kNtebLcU4&list=LL2zAEcLKVnTuvvKxR8dkl6w&feature=mh_lolz</a>   Rob Goodale, RPT Las Vegas, NV </div>   </div> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>