----- Original Message ----- From: "Kent Swafford" <kswafford@earthlink.net> To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 6:22 PM Subject: '71 D follow-up > All, > > Last September I posted here about a problem D (heavy action) at a > local Jr. college. The college said they purchased the piano from Faust > Harrison. > > The "D" thread is in the archives at: > > http://tinyurl.com/yqltr > > I received very helpful responses. Two need to be singled out: > > On Sep 5, 2003, at 9:36 PM, David Love wrote: > > My guess is that they used original dimension parts, i.e. 15.5 mm > > knuckle > > placement. ... you will have to rehang the hammers on proper > > shanks. > > That will also give you the opportunity to taper the hammers and > > adjust the > > weight to match the new ratio you will be creating. > > This is exactly what I did. Worked like a charm. > > On Sep 7, 2003, at 6:26 AM, A440A@aol.com wrote: > > If you go on record as stating that in > > your opinion, different part selection will cure the problems, you > > haven't > > specifically slammed the rebuilder. AFTER the work is done, the piano > > is hailed > > as glorious, etc. the chips will fall where they may and the previous > > rebuilder will have to address the customers, not you, if he wants to > > defend his work. > > > > It may be a difficult spot, but it does look like a great > > opportunity to > > hit a home run. > > > > Ed Foote RPT > > Well, attached is a PDF of the review of a concert last night that used > the piano in question. Darn close to a home run. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > > After I evaluated the piano in September, the hall management declined > to have me do any real corrective work. Stephen Hough was engaged to > play in the hall in late October, played a few chords on the heavy D > and requested a different piano. He played his concert on a Baldwin > SD-10 to mixed reviews. > > At that point I was given a green light to fix the D. In the last few > days, Arnaldo Cohen was _very_ helpful to me in getting the final > adjustments and voicing done to the piano. And he was very > complimentary in return. > > Sometimes things work out. There is no way I could have done this work > without the knowledge that I got right here from y'all. > > Many thanks, > > Kent Swafford > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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