<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And not an old-fashioned = incandescent-bulb flashlight (or at least don't make that your only one). I used to keep = one of those in my toolkit and 50% of the time, when I needed it, the battery = would be dead.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Two or three years ago I bought an LED = flashlight. It is not real bright (I'm sure they have better ones now), but every = time I've reached for it, it worked. I replaced the battery for the first time = about six months ago (just a couple regular AA type).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mine is real small. Yesterday I used it = (as I have many times) in a poorly lit room while tuning an old upright to shed = light on mute placement in the high treble. I lay it on top of the treble dampers = and it lights the whole treble string area.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>IMHO, only way to go!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=avery@ev1.net href="mailto:avery@ev1.net">Avery Todd</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 11, = 2004 2:53 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Unglued grand jack = tender</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Yes, and be sure you keep a flashlight in your tool kit = in case you ever<BR>have to remove the fallboard and look inside to make a = regulation <BR>adjustment! :-) <BR><BR>Avery <BR><BR>At 12:35 PM 11/10/04, you = wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=arial = color=#0000ff size=2>*GRIN* Have you checked out the Millenium III action with = all carbon parts?<BR>If I wasn't a technician, I swear I could sell Kawais. <BR>-ilex<BR></FONT> <DL> <DD><FONT face=tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR> <DD>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [<A href="mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org" eudora="autourl">mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org</A>]On Behalf = Of </B>Cy Shuster<BR> <DD>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 10, 2004 9:03 AM<BR> <DD>To:</B> Pianotech<BR> <DD>Subject:</B> Re: Unglued grand jack tender<BR><BR></FONT> <DD>One of them wouldn't grip at first, so probably the reverse is = true, too (Titebond preventing CA from gripping).  I used a = different bottle of CA, and that seemed to help, but the first bottle worked = on the others.  I guess I should have scraped both wood surfaces = first; obviously there was some glue there before (it looked bare, = though).<BR> <DD><BR>  <DD><FONT size=2>Those Kawai "black jacks" are looking better = all the time...<BR></FONT> <DD><BR>  <DD><FONT size=2>--Cy--<BR></FONT> <DL> <DD>----- Original Message ----- <BR> <DD>From:</B> <A = href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> <BR> <DD>To:</B> <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> = <BR> <DD>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 10, 2004 6:23 AM<BR> <DD>Subject:</B> Re: Unglued grand jack tender<BR><BR> <DD>"...wouldn't have a problem with a drop of CA to all the = rest to help solidify them for the time being..."<BR> <DD><BR>  <DD><FONT face=arial size=2>Yeah, as long as the anticipated = follow-up work was jack replacement, rather than gluing with Titebond. I = should think that application of CA to the mating wood surfaces would = pretty much ruin a good Titebond glue surface.<BR></FONT> <DD><BR>  <DD><FONT face=arial size=2>Terry Farrell<BR></FONT> <DL> <DD>----- Original Message ----- <BR> <DD>From:</B> <A href="mailto:ilvey@sbcglobal.net">David = Ilvedson</A> <BR> <DD>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> <BR> <DD>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 09, 2004 10:04 PM<BR> <DD>Subject:</B> Re: Unglued grand jack tender<BR><BR> <DD>I agree, a little titebond applied with a toothpick or = such and you have a good repair.  I wouldn't have a problem with a = drop of CA to all the rest to help solidify them for the time = being...<BR> <DD><BR>  <DD>David I.<BR> <DD><BR>  <DD><FONT face=arial size=2>----- Original message ----------------------------------------><BR> <DD>From: Joe Garrett <<A = href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</A>>= <BR> <DD>To: pianotech <<A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR> <DD>Received: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 17:54:28 -0800<BR> <DD>Subject: Re: Unglued grand jack tender<BR><BR> <DD>Cy asked: "</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times"> = why are those =<BR> <DD>jacks made in two pieces to begin with?  Is it just = so they can fail in =<BR> <DD>a repairable way if regulation is off (too much aftertouch)?</FONT><FONT face=arial size=2>"<BR></FONT> <DD><BR>  <DD><FONT face=arial size=2>Cy,<BR> <DD>Being the maker of obsolete action parts, I can say the = Jack is the most difficult item to make. (just close your eyes and try = to imagine how that configuration is cut!) It's made that way, = because it's better, IMO<BR> <DD>BTW, I hope you are prepared to replace those jacks, as in = fairly soon, as CA doesn't last very well in Stress applications. = Please don't do that anymore. I don't care if it is in some PTG manual.....it's a bad way to repair something like that! = Especially in a high end piano! Yikes!<BR> <DD><G><BR> <DD>Best Regards,<BR><BR> <DD>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR> <DD>Captain, Tool Police<BR> <DD>Squares R I<BR></FONT></DD></DL></DD></DL></DD></DL></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BOD= Y></HTML>