On May 14, 2009, at 4:57 PM, G Cousins wrote: > Any others wish to add to the data? Hi Gary, I have a different approach. Summers I do a couple large projects (replace action parts, restring, what have you), and then go through a number of pianos in a pretty thorough way. I decide on priorities (which pianos) during the year, cycling to make sure I get to everything eventually. The concert grands are always on the list, as well as piano faculty studios and at least half of piano major practice rooms and large classrooms. Others cycle in depending on condition and priority. I have a pretty defined procedure that goes through the action from bottom to top, making sure everything is clean, lubed, tight, well- aligned, moving straight, etc. Then I go through regulation and voicing to the extent I have time. Over the years, the general level of quality has risen, so the starting point and ending point is higher. I plan on a day or two per piano, depending. I'll be going through those procedures in my class at Grand Rapids, which will include things I have written about in Journal articles as well as other things. All with an eye to longevity of results, and efficiency of processes. And ending up with pianos that I can actually enjoy playing <G>. Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico fssturm at unm.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20090515/af9e36f6/attachment.htm>
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