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On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 9:08 AM, Frank Stickle lsf5275@aol.com [newmellotrongroup] <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:I I think he was a cheap bastard, for all of their skill these are kids fixing this stuff who have no idea of their own personal value. I also know they wouldn’t call you unless they were stuck because they are a little scared of the senior tech, you are a big fish in a little pond, a hero of the intellect, how do learn how to deal with that ?That’s cool. Why would a client place such restrictions? And with those restrictions, I would think input from a more experienced tech would be invaluable. Besides, how would her client ever know?
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On Jan 23, 2018, at 5:08 AM, gino wong wonggster@gmail.com [newmellotrongroup] <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:Frank, she is the tech that I asked your permission for her to contact you if she got into trouble. It turns out her client had such restrictions about what she could or could not do that she could not call on you, her brief was restore original parts, no buying parts or major assembly rebuilds. Too bad, your faith in life would be restored talking to such a bright committed person born just before 2000.On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 11:10 PM, Frank Stickle lsf5275@aol.com [newmellotrongroup] <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:I’m always interested as to what qualifies it as a “restoration,” especially to those first attempting one. Getting one to play does not mean one has gotten it to play properly. To me a proper restoration includes making it play to the best that its design allows. There are subtle differences from machine to machine. Beyond a cabinet restoration and even the electronics lies the heart and soul of the instrument...... the keyboard and its relationship to the headblock and the heads themselves. There is a science to it. It took me a while to learn and understand it.. But without that understanding and the proper application of that understanding, one will never realize true potential of the machine. There is a reason I no longer work on them. The human ear. I am going deaf and I am losing my ability to discern the nuances that once allowed me to get the most from them. I once hoped to train a younger friend but that seems less likely with the passage of time and the commitments I have now.
I’m not sure if this is a restoration or just a video of a company that figured out how to get one to play. Having an understanding of how it works and knowing the secrets within it and how to get the most out of it are two entirely different things.Just my thoughts,FrankSent from my iPad
On Jan 19, 2018, at 12:09 PM, gino wong wonggster@gmail.com [newmellotrongroup] <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:She began doing videos at the request of Reverb.com. They apparently watch their vendors and ask certain of them to provide additional content.On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 3:04 AM, Steven Davies-Morris sdavmor@systemstheory.net [newmellotrongroup] <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:On 01/15/2018 08:18 PM, James Bailey jimabgm@gmail.com
[newmellotrongroup] wrote:
> Just saw this as a "recommendation" so checked it out. She seems to
> have a good knowledge of the instrument, but would be interested to
> know what the actual experts here think.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByD8gH7kYxs
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> James Bailey
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