<HTML style="FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif; FONT-SIZE: x-small"><HEAD> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19222"></HEAD> <BODY style="WORD-WRAP: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space"> <DIV> <DIV>Al,</DIV> <DIV>You haven't seen my van!<G> There's no "make do", with me, EVER!! If it's more than I feel I can handle, then,...of course, it's shop time. However, That's on a waiting list, most of the time. There are those who, actually, want to play their piano before they die.<G></DIV> <DIV>Regards,</DIV> <DIV>Joe</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=alliedpianocraft@hotmail.com href="mailto:alliedpianocraft@hotmail.com">Al Guecia/Allied PianoCraft</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=joegarrett@earthlink.net href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</A>;<A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 5/6/2012 11:35:07 AM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] Weird Stuff in my week</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2>Joe, when I hit 62, I said no more big jobs in customers homes. I tell then the piano must come into the shop. I add the cost of the move in the price and never had a custom say no. I also keep my mover busy and get a much better price for me and the customer. Win, win all around. Everybody makes money and the customer gets a much better job, because all the tools and parts I need are there, handy and there is no "make due with what you have". <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <DIV apple-content-edited="true"><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium Helvetica; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class=Apple-style-span> <DIV>Al -</DIV> <DIV>High Point, NC</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV></SPAN><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline></DIV><BR> <DIV> <DIV>On May 6, 2012, at 1:18 PM, Joseph Garrett wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19222"> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="MS Sans Serif">Lim,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="MS Sans Serif">The entire project, (which is not complete yet), was replace the expanding leads, (also seal with Shellac), after repairing the split keys; replacing the moth eaten key bushings, (odd sized key pins); replacing the key frame felt, (custom made punchings for the fronts; removing the spilled milk residue on upper half of keys/frame, etc.; replacing 2 castors, which were not standard; replace the back cover w/speaker cloth, (frame had to be replaired first); clean/polish key pins; ease keys; repair warped keys. All of that has been done. Left to do in another session is leveling and setting dip of key; pitch raise to 435 cps and fine tuning. The lead removal/replacement/repairs took 4 hours in the shop...(actually the lead was removed outside while in "full Frog regalia"<G>; standard times for the key repairs, bushings and Ivory chip repair. (The Ivory is, for the most part, pristine...only 3 chips to Acrylikey<G>)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="MS Sans Serif">Part of the difficulty of this job, is the piano is in a basement family room, so many trips up/down the stairs was needed! (I'm gettng a bit too old for that crap, to be honest.<G>) Next time I'll get one of my apprentices to do the leg work. PHEW! It's Sunday and I'm still feeling it!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="MS Sans Serif">Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="MS Sans Serif">Joe</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=limhseng@gmail.com href="mailto:limhseng@gmail.com">lim hock seng</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>;<A title=joegarrett@earthlink.net href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 5/6/2012 5:22:29 AM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] Weird Stuff in my week</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <P>the expanding leads  wil be good enough.must be a<BR>satisfying closure for the weekend <BR>Lim<BR>On May 6, 2012 1:00 PM, "Joseph Garrett" <<A href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</A>> wrote:<BR>><BR>> Thought I'd enlighten.<G> Ran into a P.C. Weaver, upright. Pretty normal<BR>> throughout ...except the bass tuning pin pattern/configuration.<BR>> It had a 3 tuning pins pattern, instead of the normal 2 or 4. Really<BR>> harkened me back to my beginners mode, since I had to trace all of the<BR>> strings to make sure I was on the right pin!<G> After a fashion, I figured<BR>> out the "system", but even then it was a mind bender. The "system" was,<BR>> (going down in the bass w/mute strip in), bottom pin for first note; bottom<BR>> pin for second note; middle pin for third note; middle pin for fourth note;<BR>> top pin for fifth note; top pin for sixth note....then, do it all over<BR>> again.< ;G><BR>> Today, a Pleyel Wolff, Upright, Flat Strung, Overdamper. Main problem:<BR>> expanding leads and moth eaten keyframe felt. Yanked all of the olde felt<BR>> out and did the pin clean/polish. Then replaced with "replica felt". The<BR>> interesting thing was: both the Sharps and Naturals, balance rail pins had<BR>> a route in the front half, so that the felt punching acted like the<BR>> "clipped" punchings that we have discussed at length. BTW, this piano was<BR>> made around 1887. The fact that it was flat strung, with a French style<BR>> Overdamper Action, that had a real Unichorda and the balance pin thang, was<BR>> interesting to be sure.<BR>> So went my week....weird, weirder, and Whoa!<G><BR>> Regards,<BR>><BR>> Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>> Captain of the Tool Police<BR>> Squares R I<BR>><BR></P></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV><BR></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>