<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE> <META content=text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1 http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19393"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff text=#000000> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>    I also had a request for piano wire.  This person was setting up a conveyer and needed an straight line in space to do it.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>    Mike Kurta</FONT></DIV> <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=skline@peak.org href="mailto:skline@peak.org">Susan Kline</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> Sunday, December 23, 2012 4:29 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pianotech] interesting request</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face="Courier New, Courier, monospace">Someone once asked me for a whole reel because a new building for Hewlett Packard needed it to true one edge. </FONT><BR><BR>Terry Farrell wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid:4AD971CF-DE94-4AC1-8CF0-509FDB7EC659@tampabay.rr.com type="cite"><BASE href="x-msg://141/">Gee whizz Tom, nice guy.  An alternative direction would be to help the person out and give (or sell) them whatever wire they need. I've done this many times - for windshields, cleaning carburetors, a loom, etc., etc. It can be kinda fun - you get to meet someone doing something different than what you do - and hey, maybe they have a piano - or know someone that does - or maybe they'll tell someone about their experience with you and they tell someone who has a piano - or whatever. Sometimes it's just kinda nice to be nice. <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>How could meeting someone new, smiling, doing a good deed and just being an all 'round nice guy be a waste of time?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell<BR> <DIV><BR> <DIV> <DIV>On Dec 22, 2012, at 9:20 PM, Tom Driscoll wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN style="WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium Helvetica; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; LETTER-SPACING: normal; WORD-SPACING: 0px" class=Apple-style-span> <DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" class=hmmessage bgcolor="#ffffff"> <DIV><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Marshall,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3 face=Arial> Give her the # of one of those resellers . This kind of thing is a waste of time. I used to get requests for wire used in cheese slicers or piano wire for the removal of car windshields. You have to meet them ( if they show ) and you have better things to do.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3 face=Arial>JMO   </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Tom D.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3 face=Arial>I'll send you a link off list to one of these places (who by the way charge more than our usual supply house friends for the same stuff)</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(0,0,0) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal">----- Original Message -----</DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(228,228,228); FONT: 10pt arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"><B>From:</B><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A title=pianotune05@hotmail.com href="mailto:pianotune05@hotmail.com" moz-do-not-send="true">Marshall Gisondi</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"><B>To:</B><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" moz-do-not-send="true">pianotech@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"><B>Sent:</B><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>Saturday, December 22, 2012 9:01 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"><B>Subject:</B><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>[pianotech] interesting request</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Hi Everyone,</FONT><BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>I received an interesting e-mail today. To me it's a strange request.  This person wants to know if I have any piano wired that she can  use to make jewelry, a pin to be exact.  Is this a prank or is piano wire used for jewelry?  If it is, I can sell her a batch.  What gauge would she need if in fact this is something I have.  I'd give it to her I guess, but this stuff wil cost me if I have to buy a particular gauge again.  What would I sell it for if I did sel lher some? /Thanks</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" moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.phillytuner.com</A><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></FONT><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>