Let's cut to the chase was Re: Guidelines comments

[Richard Brekne]

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I aggree with this Wim. These questions should have reasonable answers,
and they would be valuable to be able to put on the table when dealing
with admin folks.

I just put a brand new set of hammers on a Hamburg C in October. The
instrument has been used on average 5 hours a week since then. Just two
weeks ago I had no choice but to file down a bit as the grooves were 2
mm deep already. These were 1/2 high Strike Weights.

We all throw in data like this to a central data base.. and those
answers will reveal themselves. All we need is way of archiving the
information so it is easy to arrange in meaninful ways.

RicB

Wimblees@aol.com wrote:

> IBean counters not withstanding, this is still a question I would like
> to have answered.
>
> Airplanes fly a certain number of hours before they are reconditioned
> and eventually put in the graveyard out in Arizona. We get a
> maintenance schedule for our cars. But what are some guidelines for
> pianos?
>
> How many "hours" of playing do a set of hammers get before needing to
> be replaced? How many times can we restring a piano in the original
> pin block. When does a soundboard need replacing? How many times can a
> piano be rebuilt, with a new soundboard and pin block and strings?
>
> Last year this subject was talked about briefly, but I don't think we
> ever got a definitive answer. I realize these are all questions with
> lots of answers, based on usage, climate control, budgets, etc. But
> this is the kind of information that would be useful, even to techs
> out in the field.
>
> Any one want to give some answers?
>
> Wim
>
>

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