<font color='navy' size='2' face='Comic Sans MS, sans-serif'><font size="2">Nah thump I never got that memo till a split second later.<br> </font><br> <div style="font-size: 10pt; clear: both;"><font size="1" color="royalblue"><b><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><font color="black"><font color="mediumblue" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Dale Erwin R.P.T.<br> <font color="green">Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc.</font><br> </font></font></font></b></font><font color="darkgreen"><span style="font-style: italic;"><b><font size="1"><font size="1" color="black"><font color="blueviolet"><font color="black"> <font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Mason & Hamlin</font><font face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">/Steinway/</font><font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">U.S. pianos</font><font face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><br> </font></font></font></font><font size="1" color="cornflowerblue" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">www.Erwinspiano.com</font><font size="1"><br> </font><font size="1" color="crimson" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Phone: 209-577-8397</font><br> <font color="darkgreen"></font></font></b></span></font><tt><tt><font color="darkgreen"><br>  </font><br>   <font size="2"></font></tt></tt><br> <br> </div> <br> <br> <div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica; color: black;">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Euphonious Thumpe <lclgcnp@yahoo.com><br> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Tue, Jan 1, 2013 7:54 pm<br> Subject: Re: [pianotech] A Happy New year?<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_1_20117d5f-1222-4f3e-9074-e0d54208efec"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"> <div>And have we all learned, yet, that immediately prior to these "mishaps", we have sense of foreboding? (Perhaps, even, a "still small voice" within saying SLOW DOWN!!!)<br> <br> Thumpe</div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div id="_origMsg_"> <div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif:font-size:10pt"> <br> <div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"> <font size="2" face="Tahoma"> <hr size="1"> <b> <span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span> </b> Dale Erwin <<a href="mailto:erwinspiano@aol.com">erwinspiano@aol.com</a>>; <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> Re: [pianotech] A Happy New year? <br> <b> <span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span> </b> Tue, Jan 1, 2013 5:20:07 PM <br> </font> <br> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top" style="font:inherit;"><font color="navy" size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2">My altercation with a router 10 years ago didn't go so well either Terry. Very traumatic honestly</font> <div style="color:navy;font-family:'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"> Lost the tip of my left index.  ie. 3 or 4 mm .  It was a mess, but my Dr. is an artist.</div> <div style="color:navy;font-family:'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"> I am very fortunate to be able to still play the bass, guitar and piano.  </div> <div style="color:navy;font-family:'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"> </div> <div style="color:navy;font-family:'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"> I haven't mastered picking my n_ _ _  yet though.</div> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2"><br> </font></div> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2"> I have vowed to never have another hand </font><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">accident</font><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2">. </font><br> <br> <div style="color:navy;font-family:'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif;font-size:10pt;clear:both;"><font size="1" color="royalblue"><b><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><font color="black"><font color="mediumblue" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Dale Erwin R.P.T.<br> <font color="green">Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc.</font><br> </font></font></font></b></font><font color="darkgreen"><span style="font-style:italic;"><b><font size="1"><font size="1" color="black"><font color="blueviolet"><font color="black"> <font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Mason & Hamlin</font><font face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">/Steinway/</font><font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">U.S. pianos</font><font face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><br> </font></font></font></font><font size="1" color="cornflowerblue" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.Erwinspiano.com" target="_blank">www.Erwinspiano.com</a></font><font size="1"><br> </font><font size="1" color="crimson" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Phone: 209-577-8397</font><br> <font color="darkgreen"></font></font></b></span></font><tt><tt><font color="darkgreen"><br>  </font><br>   <font size="2"></font></tt></tt><br> <br> </div> <br> <br> <div style="color:black;font-family:arial, helvetica;font-size:10pt;">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Ron Nossaman <<a href="mailto:rnossaman@cox.net">rnossaman@cox.net</a>><br> To: pianotech <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>><br> Sent: Mon, Dec 31, 2012 9:48 pm<br> Subject: Re: [pianotech] A Happy New year?<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_0_f943e98d-bad2-4f8e-8b73-7546d556e19d" style="margin:0px;font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;font-size:12px;color:#000;background-color:#fff;"> <pre style="font-size:9pt;"><tt>On 12/31/2012 11:06 PM, Euphonious Thumpe wrote: > P.S. My sympathies on the finger! I almost cut mine off on a similarly > worthless pice of junk a few months ago. > (Taught me to not get upset about what I'm working on. Or, at least, NOT > work on it, WHILE I'm upset about it!) > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From: * Terry Farrell <<a rel="nofollow">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</a>>; > *To: * <<a rel="nofollow">pianotech@ptg.org</a>>; > *Subject: * Re: [pianotech] A Happy New year? > *Sent: * Mon, Dec 31, 2012 5:23:23 PM > > Nothing good to say. I'm sick, drunk, and I chopped off the end of my > finger trimming damper felt on this #%&*ing square grand that won't > leave my shop...... :-( Home for lunch one day, I whacked my left index finger tip off making a sandwich, with two more to tune that afternoon. Swellness... I got the bleeding stopped, taped it up, ate the sandwich, and went back out and tuned 'em. Haven't done that yet this year, so far. Ron N </tt></pre> </div> </div> </div> </font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div> </font>