<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1>Gee, I must be SMARTER than you, Dale.  Because about half a second BEFORE the chisel slips from the wood I am paring in an awkward  position,  that little voice in my head says “This is really stupid”.  Then the chisel dives into the finger I have so thoughtfully placed in its trajectory, and the blood starts spurting.  <o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Will Truitt<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Dale Erwin Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 11:00 PM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] A Happy New year?<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Nah thump I never got that memo till a split second later.<o:p></o:p><div>Dale Erwin R.P.T. Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc. Mason & Hamlin/Steinway/U.S. pianos <a href="http://www.Erwinspiano.com">www.Erwinspiano.com</a> Phone: 209-577-8397 <tt> </tt> <tt>  </tt><o:p></o:p></div><o:p> </o:p><div>-----Original Message----- From: Euphonious Thumpe <<a href="mailto:lclgcnp@yahoo.com">lclgcnp@yahoo.com</a>> To: pianotech <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>> Sent: Tue, Jan 1, 2013 7:54 pm Subject: Re: [pianotech] A Happy New year?<o:p></o:p><div id="AOLMsgPart_1_20117d5f-1222-4f3e-9074-e0d54208efec"><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><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!!!) Thumpe<o:p></o:p></div></td></tr></table><div id="_origMsg_"><div><o:p> </o:p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></div>From: Dale Erwin <<a href="mailto:erwinspiano@aol.com">erwinspiano@aol.com</a>>; To: <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>>; Subject: Re: [pianotech] A Happy New year? Sent: Tue, Jan 1, 2013 5:20:07 PM <o:p></o:p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>My altercation with a router 10 years ago didn't go so well either Terry. Very traumatic honestly <o:p></o:p><div> Lost the tip of my left index.  ie. 3 or 4 mm .  It was a mess, but my Dr. is an artist.<o:p></o:p></div><div> I am very fortunate to be able to still play the bass, guitar and piano.  <o:p></o:p></div><div> <o:p></o:p></div><div> I haven't mastered picking my n_ _ _  yet though.<o:p></o:p></div><div><o:p> </o:p></div><div> I have vowed to never have another hand accident. <o:p></o:p><div>Dale Erwin R.P.T. Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc. Mason & Hamlin/Steinway/U.S. pianos <a href="http://www.Erwinspiano.com" target="_blank">www.Erwinspiano.com</a> Phone: 209-577-8397 <tt> </tt> <tt>  </tt><o:p></o:p></div><o:p> </o:p><div>-----Original Message----- From: Ron Nossaman <<a href="mailto:rnossaman@cox.net">rnossaman@cox.net</a>> To: pianotech <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>> Sent: Mon, Dec 31, 2012 9:48 pm Subject: Re: [pianotech] A Happy New year?<o:p></o:p><div id="AOLMsgPart_0_f943e98d-bad2-4f8e-8b73-7546d556e19d"><pre style='background:white'><tt>On 12/31/2012 11:06 PM, Euphonious Thumpe wrote:<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><o:p> </o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>> P.S. My sympathies on the finger! I almost cut mine off on a similarly<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>> worthless pice of junk a few months ago.<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>> (Taught me to not get upset about what I'm working on. Or, at least, NOT<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>> work on it, WHILE I'm upset about it!)<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>><o:p> </o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>><o:p> </o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>> *From: * Terry Farrell <<a href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</a>>;<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>> *To: * <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>>;<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>> *Subject: * Re: [pianotech] A Happy New year?<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>> *Sent: * Mon, Dec 31, 2012 5:23:23 PM<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>><o:p> </o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>> Nothing good to say. I'm sick, drunk, and I chopped off the end of my<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>> finger trimming damper felt on this #%&*ing square grand that won't<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>> leave my shop......  :-(<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><o:p> </o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>Home for lunch one day, I whacked my left index finger tip off making a <o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>sandwich, with two more to tune that afternoon. Swellness... I got the <o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>bleeding stopped, taped it up, ate the sandwich, and went back out and <o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>tuned 'em.<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt><o:p> </o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>Haven't done that yet this year, so far.<o:p></o:p></tt></pre><pre style='background:white'><tt>Ron N<o:p></o:p></tt></pre></div></div></div></td></tr></table><o:p> </o:p></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>