<!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 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A pip is several thingys. If you part = off a piece of work in a lathe, the bit that remains on the piece is a "pip" which = has to be removed. It is also Sherlock Holmes Orange Pips" and any small thing = that sticks out..... (the mind boggles here. Susan and co look the other way) :-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>BTW I now have all the metals on the = S&S and am about to start on the covereds. Then to gently tension it up...... time please.!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G.(UK)</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=741662027@theshusters.org = href="mailto:741662027@theshusters.org">Cy Shuster</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> Friday, August 05, 2005 = 12:22 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Restringing the = Middle section of Michael G's S&S 'A'</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Yes, but what's a "pip"? :-)  A small raised bump?  (Sherlock Holmes: "The Three Orange Pips")</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy--</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=michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk href="mailto:michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk">Michael Gamble</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=avery1@houston.rr.com href="mailto:avery1@houston.rr.com">Avery Todd</A> ; <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 05, 2005 = 3:11 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Restringing the = Middle section of Michael G's S&S 'A'</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT><FONT size=2></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What you call the 'becket'. = Something left over from a totally different trade - that of roof tiling! Those little = pips on  the underside of a man-made tile to hang on the roofing laths.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G.(UK)</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>