Hi,
If I had a vote, I would certainly be on board for that kind of thing!
Yes...Golden Hammer in 1987...and, slacker that he is, LaRoy hasn't done
hardly anything since....
Kind regards.
Horace
On 3/22/2018 9:11 PM, Alan Eder via Piano Technicians Guild wrote:
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> Yes, Keith. LaRoy is truly one of the giants amongst us. I am not a betting man, but I would bet that a strong majority of us use at least one tool that he invented, whether we know it or not.
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> Anyone who has ever taken a class from LaRoy knows that he is one of the greatest teachers we have ever had (and with the most students, too!) Some years ago, there was an effort to create the LaRoy Edwards Teaching Award, to recognize excellence in instruction. Perhaps it is time to revisit that idea.
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> Alan
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> Alan Eder, RPT
> Herb Alpert School of Music
> California Institute of the Arts
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> Original Message:
> Sent: 03-21-2018 13:14
> From: Keith Roberts
> Subject: Grand action, portable work bench
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> Just talked to LaRoy at our chapter meeting and Jane and Susan get the last two.
> He said the assembly time is too much. He's almost 90 as he put it. He looks really good. I didn't know he had designed the upright action cradle. He was giving away some old tools, proto types. I got the antique square grand double headed tuning lever,,, Don't tell anybody.
> Maybe Laroy would sell the design sheet?
> Let's see,, I got the pin setter that keeps the pin from turning, A wooden string height gauge. A custom block for setting the jack sideways in the rep lever hole with out removing the wippen.LaRoy is awesome,,, the Guild should honor him.
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> Original Message------
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> Hi, Patrick
>
> Like you, I reached a point (a number of years ago) which dead-lifting a Steinway D action was possible but hard, and I knew that time was passing. I found a folding action cart made by Norm Cantrell, and it has done an excellent job for me. It is lightly built, just strong enough to do its job, but not heavy to carry.
>
http://cantrellspianoclinic.com/tools-and-services/4162135 <http://cantrellspianoclinic.com/tools-and-services/4162135>
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> As for doing regulation with the action on the cart, what I do is set samples in the piano, and then I use Jon Page's brilliant and simple "Taut Line Regulation Gauge", which lives in my kit folded into a business envelope. Pianotek sells it. When people first see it, they think that the very modest price is still a lot more than the materials cost -- but one is paying for the extremely intelligent idea, not to mention the ability to work away from home using a tool which weighs about an ounce. If one sets up the cart and taut line tool so one is looking at it against a dark background, with the line set at the exact letoff line, it is very easy to see when the hammer will just touch the taut line. Much easier and more accurate than the conventional set up on my work bench at home.
>
> Here, this one:
> Pianotek Supply Company - Products - Parts <https://www.pianoteksupply.com/store/>
>
> Another product which has helped me is the "Versacart", sold on Amazon. It is rated for 120 pounds, weighs very little, and folds up so it can be tossed into the back seat. The woman technician who told us about it put in a photo of it holding her action kit, a box or two of tools, and a Kawai grand lyre was laid on top. She instantly sold me on the idea when she said that her folding action cart will hang on the handles. Norm's will, though I have to turn it diagonally to put it on.
>
> Here's the Versacart. I think I'll buy a spare, because I certainly don't want to be without one. The only failing I see in it is that it is awkward to get up a flight of stairs. It even has a flap with velcro to keep the rain out.
>
>
https://www.amazon.com/Folding-Shopping-Cart-VersaCart-Water-Resistant/dp/B078N32ZN2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1521604250&sr=8-1&keywords=Versacart <https://www.amazon.com/Folding-Shopping-Cart-VersaCart-Water-Resistant/dp/B078N32ZN2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1521604250&sr=8-1&keywords=Versacart>
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> Like you, I was recently tempted by watching LaRoy Edwards' YouTube of his action caddy. I kind of wish I had bought one earlier. I found the Flugelbauer site, but their version also didn't appear to be for sale either, and I liked LaRoy's version with metal instead of all wood better. I suppose I might manage to look very carefully at his YouTube and build myself one, but I probably will just carry on with what I have now, which works okay for me.
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> Susan Kline
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> Original Message:
> Sent: 03-20-2018 11:48
> From: Patrick Wingren
> Subject: Grand action, portable work bench
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>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I know that I've seen both homemade and commercial portable support benches for grand actions, but I can't seem to find them now. I have problems lifting heavy (and wide) items, so I'd need some kind of portable (as in able to transport by car) table/wagon, preferably on wheels, which could serve as a work bench for a grand action.
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>
> Does anybody know of a manufacturer, or has anyone made a clever own version for this very purpose?
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Original Message------
Yes, Keith. LaRoy is truly one of the giants amongst us. I am not a betting man, but I would bet that a strong majority of us use at least one tool that he invented, whether we know it or not.
Anyone who has ever taken a class from LaRoy knows that he is one of the greatest teachers we have ever had (and with the most students, too!) Some years ago, there was an effort to create the LaRoy Edwards Teaching Award, to recognize excellence in instruction. Perhaps it is time to revisit that idea.
Alan
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Alan Eder, RPT
Herb Alpert School of Music
California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, CA
661.904.6483
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