<!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 6.00.2900.2769" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; = FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 = rightMargin=7> <DIV>Hey Dave,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I just finished installing Wurzen punchings, regulating (plus doing = the prep that had never been done) tuning and voicing a 9 year old = Steinway B.  Man, I worked as fast as I could and it was still a 3 = day job (insert Gershwin tune here--nice work if you can get it).  Spilled = my box of punchings again (no, that wasn't part of the three days' work).  The pianist, a university piano professor, was <extremely> pleased (I got a triple digit tip, too!).  Not = only did I replace the soft punchings, but there must have been a shortage of card punchings when this piano's keys first got leveled and the dip = set.  There were tons of blue and green paper punchings--another source of the = spongy feel, though I must admit, the colors looked pretty.  I quickly = went through my on hand supply of thick card punchings replacing = the blues and greens. I had just enough!   This has taught me to carry extra bags of card punchings on regulation jobs.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>BTW, leveling the strings on this piano was a lot easier than the = last piano I did--maybe I've gotten stronger.  :-)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I love doing this kind of work.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Have fun!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Barbara Richmond, RPT</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </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=Piannaman@aol.com href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</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> Thursday, December 08, = 2005 11:21 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Looking forward to = Wurzenizing an M</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2> <DIV>List,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I tuned a really mushy feeling and feeling 8 year old S and S M = (New Yawk) today.  The after-aftertouch  (or sponge effect)was = quite noticeable.  The letoff was quite poorly defined.  The = customer, a woman of means in a massive house in the hills, wants to take care of = her piano, after several years of moving around-type = neglect.  Jason's recent post inspired me, and she was agreeable, so we set up = a time to put some Wurzen puntchzings and regulate her "old" piano.  I = look forward to it.  If you ask me, this is the perfect = candidate.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'll give a report after it's done.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My M and H still loves them after 6 months of playing on = them!  Even though the previous punchings weren't so soggy feeling, the = Wurzens feel so much more positive.  This time of year, though, the last thing = I feel like doing is playing my piano when I get home at 8:30.  Bring on = the wine, Jill!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>If anyone feels inclined to check out my in-the-works website,  (link below), any input, ideas, feeback, or = flaming is welcome!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 PTSIZE="10" = FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Dave Stahl<BR><BR>Dave Stahl Piano Service<BR>650-224-3560<U><BR><A = href="http://www.dstahlpiano.net/">http://www.dstahlpiano.net/</A></U><= /FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>