new meaning for weighing keys

[Tim Coates]

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Lance,

I think you are on the correct list.  I run into all of these problems=20=

working on school pianos because I am not the only technician to work=20
on particular pianos.  Posts like these jog my memory in the field and=20=

it helps me tremendously.  Thanks!

Oh, and I am an off duty member of the acoustic music police <g>.   I=20
investigate poorly arranged versions of pop music played by acoustic=20
musicians.  So, I have no jurisdiction on this list.

Tim Coates
University of South Dakota
Universtiy of Sioux Falls

On Mar 15, 2004, at 7:00 AM, llafargue wrote:

> Hans, et al,
>
> Please explain what line I have crossed.=A0 Must we switch lists every=20=

> time the subject matter changes slightly? I thought I was encouraging=20=

> Wim and others not to give up on searching out the cause of similar=20
> problems and how often the solution can be simple. =A0What list should=20=

> =93Public Domain=94 be on or =93tips and tricks=94?=A0 =A0Should =
=93client database=20
> software=94 be on the PC list?=A0 I need clarity from the web police, =
I=20
> surely didn=92t mean to =93overwhelm=94.=A0 I=92d just like to reduce =
my risk of=20
> being a flame target.=A0 I will lurk and learn.=A0 Maybe I am on the =
wrong=20
> list and should be on the =93what size washer=94 list.=A0 ; ) =A0=A0Have=
 good=20
> week.=A0
>
>  =A0
>
> Lance Lafargue, RPT
>
> LAFARGUE PIANOS
>
> New Orleans Chapter, PTG
>
> 985.72P.IANO
>
> llafargue@charter.net
>
> =A0
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of=20=

> Hans E Sander
> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 8:14 AM
> To: caut@ptg.org
> Subject: RE: new meaning for weighing keys
>
> =A0
>
> Lance, please don't overwhelm our caut website with stuff like this.
>
> Hans
>
>  >>> llafargue@charter.net 3/11/2004 9:04:20 AM >>>
>
> I had a customer with a nice C7 and he had a damper that wouldn=92t=20
> work, so after 3 techs looked at it, they left 3 large metal clips=20
> attached to the damper head to make it dampen.=A0 The touchweight on=20=

> that key was tremendous.=A0 It turned out the wire was bent front to=20=

> back and rubbing on the belly of the piano under the edge of the=20
> soundboard when the key was depressed, causing the problem.=A0 When I=20=

> pulled the wire forward and pulled the clips off in 5 seconds, the=20
> owner was a little amazed to have it work great.=A0=A0=A0
>
>  =A0
>
> Lance Lafargue, RPT
>
> LAFARGUE PIANOS
>
> New Orleans Chapter, PTG
>
> 985.72P.IANO
>
> llafargue@charter.net
>
> =A0
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of=20=

> Wimblees@aol.com
> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 11:38 AM
> To: caut@ptg.org
> Subject: new meaning for weighing keys
>
> =A0
>
> Last night I tuned a Wurlitzer spinet. The right pedal wasn't working,=20=

> so I took off the bottom board, and attached the rod. But=A0I =
discovered=20
> something interesting. Hanging by a piece of thread from one of the=20
> stickers was a hugh washer, about 1 1/2" in diameter. Naturally I took=20=

> it off, and=A0I found out that the reason the weight was on the =
sticker=20
> was to make the key work. Without the washer, the key stuck. So I=20
> lifted the key, and saw that the problem was that=A0the front bushing=20=

> was folded over, creating lots of friction on the key. It took only a=20=

> couple of seconds to correct the problem.
>
>  =A0
>
> I don't know if the washer was attached by a very incompetent piano=20
> tuner, or by some ingenious customer. Lets hope it was the latter, but=20=

> knowing some of the technicians in this part of the country, it was=20
> probably the former.
>
>  =A0
>
> Wim
>
>  Willem Blees, RPT
>  Piano tuner/technician
>  School of Music
>  University of Alabama
>
Tim Coates
University of South Dakota
Universtiy of Sioux Falls

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