<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <STYLE>.hmmessage P { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } BODY.hmmessage { FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt } </STYLE> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19328"></HEAD> <BODY class=hmmessage bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Marshall,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>If I don't call you by noon my time today, call me and I have some suggestions for you.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>William</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial> </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV></FONT> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pianotune05@hotmail.com href="mailto:pianotune05@hotmail.com">Marshall Gisondi</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, November 09, 2012 12:41 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [pianotech] politics</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Hey William,</FONT><BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Great dream.  The only thing is Santa needs to gain some weight and get the gas prices down because he has that sleigh ride coming up soon.  Rudolph Wurlitzer is on strike. </FONT><BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial></FONT> <BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Now on to pianos.  I have a customer who had the same problem with felt being eaten out of her piano.  All of the key bushings were gone out of the keys both balance rail and front rail gone just red residue.  Someone or thing was very hungry that day. This piano was an Otto Altenberg, pardon the spelling.  This piano was very asian in design with the plastic dowel capstans  etc.  Who does key bushing replacement here on the East coast I can send these to if I can get her interested that is?  I've learned how to do this, but this might take me longer than I have time for. I'd like to practice this more first to get that correct depth with the key caul etc.  I mean this piano had green dust too. I spent a good while with the vaccuum, her vaccuum. she said little bugs at the felt.  </FONT><BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial></FONT> <BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>My next question is this. I went to tune a Baldwin console about two weeks ago.  two of the keys I believe 59 and 61 were split in two. it was one of those newer black laquer pianos asain? not certain.   One key was cracked and ready to split.  the secon was split all the way.  At the school we were shown once to take a couple keys from each side glue the cracked key and use masking tape and tape seve ral keys together so that the repaired key stays in the proper position etc.  Is this the best route to take or is it possible to get another key or two?  I'll try this repair, but how is using tight bond for example to fix that crack going to make it as strong as it once was in the past?  I just cannot grasp that. The key will still have that crack even if the two pieces are glued together even if exactly as it shoudl be perfect. The crack/split will still remain.  What do you guys do with split keys?  I gently explained tha t one deson't have to play the piano hard at all times and the mother was OK with that. She also reminded her daughter to go easy on the piano.  She's anxious to get this done because she asked if she could start bugging me soon. lol I'm just anxious to get this blind services to hel with my PTG dues like they said they would, really get into this and become an RPT like you guys and over come these challenges which I know I can.    </FONT><BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial></FONT> <BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Well thanks everyone</FONT><BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Marshall</FONT><BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>215-510-9400</FONT><BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial><A href="http://www.phillytuner.com">http://www.phillytuner.com</A> </FONT><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>