<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: medium; FONT-FAMILY: AGaramond Bold"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>Hi John,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>I think I'm going to give that a = try.  Does Schaff sell these?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>Marshall</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=jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca = href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">John Ross</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=joegarrett@earthlink.net href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">joegarrett@earthlink.net</A> = ; <A title=pianotech@ptg.org = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 08, 2006 = 5:03 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Marking your = spot</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=3>Another way, is to put a = front rail punching on all the A's.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=3>I have run across, a few = pianos, where the vision impaired person left them in. That is just my assumption, = that is why they were there. </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A = href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></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=joegarrett@earthlink.net href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">Joseph Garrett</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> Sunday, January 08, = 2006 5:48 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Marking your = spot</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P> <DIV>Perhaps you could use 8 short lengths of tubing <DIV><FONT size=+0>that will slip over the tuning pins. The first = thing you could do is</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>mark the location of all the A's with a piece = of tubing. Then you</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>wouldn't have to go all the way to one of the = breaks to count back to</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>your position if you get = lost.</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Marshall,</DIV> <DIV>There is a better way, that is time tested. I use it for = chipping up a newly strung piano, before the action is ready. Put front rail = punchings on all of the "A's". You can still get your tuning hammer on the pin, = unlike the tubing idea.<G> This is also a good thing for Square = Grands when the note lettering is gone/erased/covered in crud.<G> This is = a technique used by the olde time "blind" tuners.</DIV> <DIV>Regards,</DIV> <DIV>Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon)</DIV> <DIV>Captain, Tool Police</DIV> <DIV>Squares R I</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>