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<DIV><SPAN class=046055223-27092004><FONT face=Arial>Well, as =
What'serName told
us in her very readable and enjoyable book, "Notes From A Piano Tuner," =
she had
a church customer that was tired of paying for tunings so they had =
someone come
and tune their piano real carefully--then superglued all the tuning pins =
so the
tuning would be permanent!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=046055223-27092004><FONT face=Arial>She was called =
to replace a
broken string and they asked her to please replace the string without =
turning
the tuning pin. Good trick. She said she replaced the string in the =
customary
fashion and then beat feet outa there in a hurry. This was some years
ago.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=046055223-27092004><FONT =
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=046055223-27092004><FONT face=Arial>The fun irony =
of it all,
now, is that most of us are regularly supergluing pinblocks! Go figure
...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan R. =
Barnard</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV>
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align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Joe =
Garrett
[mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September =
27, 2004
11:50 AM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> "Tune
Holder"<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As the great Johnny Carson said, (as =
the
know-all, see-all Swami) : I hold in my hand the answer to the loose =
tuning
pin problem! (Yeah, right! :-()</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Am I the only one singled out for =
this idiocy?
Or, did the rest of youse guys/gals receive one, as well? =
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For those less fortunate (?), it's a =
little
plastic thingee w/a rotating thingee that ratchets. The rotating =
thingee has a
square hole in it, that a tuning pin would obviously fit =
into.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The text of the accompanying letter =
is as
follows:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Hello,"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"It is called a Tune =
Holder."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"It is an aid to piano tuning. With =
it, there
will bew no more replacing tuning pin blocks that are rimmed and will =
not hold
the tuning pins from turning! Also, there will be no more replacing =
grooved
pressure bars!"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"I offer this one to you as a gift. =
Please accept
this gift as an introduction to the Tune Holder."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"I hope you gave, (should be have), =
kept a list
of all those beaurtiful olde pianos that people have that are out of =
tune, but
would cost too much to tune up, because with the Tune Holder they will =
play
again at a very low cost. They can be easily tuned in their own
homes."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Easy to install, just loose the bad =
string, make
sure to place the Tune Holder on the pin so it will turn freely in the =
clockwise direction and slowly tune it. If you over tune, just use a
screwdrive to remove the Tune Holder, and start over."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"For more information call (760)
218-0077"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Yours,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mason Nile"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Obviously, an ill-informed, =
mechanically
talented, entrepneur, looking to make a gazillion bucks off us stupid =
pianer
tooners!<G> I'm sure this individual is serious, as the sample =
"Tune
Holder" is well made, (injection mould, plastic, process). There are =
at least
three, and I suspect four parts to these little gems, so a great deal =
of
effort was put into them, IMO. However, I doubt Mr. Nile has a clue =
about how
a piano is tuned, or for that matter, the basic structure of a
pianer!<G></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just curious if anyone else was so =
very fortunate
to receive this marvelous "sample"?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool
Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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