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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Webwraith59@AOL.COM
href="mailto:Webwraith59@AOL.COM">Webwraith59@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> Friday, November 30, 2001 =
5:07
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> The Examiner has no
Clothes!</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face="Comic Sans =
MS" size=2
FAMILY="SCRIPT">The examiners in my old chapter would probably =
rather pierce
their eardrums than show the rebuilding workmanship or behavior this =
person
has. I'm posting this anonymously to protect his/her identity. =
I'm
planning to send him/her a copy of the responses. I'm also =
interested to
know whether you think I'm out of line, here. <BR><BR>Questions: =
<BR><BR>1)
How many turns should there be in a tuning pin coil in the =
tenor
section of <BR>an S&S "B?" <BR>2) Should the tail of a =
string
pass over one duplex scale bar, or between two? <BR>3) =
Should a
single string hitchpin loop contact/cross a duplex bar? <BR>4)
Should the wires be parallel as they leave the hitchpin? =
<BR>5)
Should stringing braid be installed in an S&S "B?" =
<BR>6)
Should a reshaped hammer resemble a(n): <BR>a) egg shape =
<BR>b)
rounded diamond shape <BR>c) rounded hatchet shape <BR>7) =
Should
new damper felts (regulated) effectively dampen? <BR>8) If =
you
were rebuilding an S&S "B" and a pedal was wobbly, would you pop =
out the
pedal assembly and tighten the screws while you were at it? <BR>9)
If you were a PTG examiner, would you use your rank to try =
and
intimidate someone who disagreed with one aspect of your work? <BR>10) =
Rebuilders: Does a technician have to chose to do =
bellywork in
order for you to consider his/her opinion? <BR><BR>Actually, only =
rebuilders
need respond, as he/she made clear that those were the only people =
he/she
would respect in any way. <BR><BR>Webwraith <BR><BR>PS These aren't =
all the
problems I encountered.</FONT> </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> =
I Don't get
it. What's this all about? Tom
Driscoll</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>