>To: pianotech@byu.edu >From: moffattr@cadvision.com (robert moffatt piano service) >Subject: Re: Chapter Technical help > >>List, >> I've been asked to consider giving a technical for one of our meetings >>soon. The >>only *real* differences I can see is in the amount of concert work I do and >>perhaps that I service the same pianos over and over a lot more than an >>independent technician might. >I've been thinking >>about doing something along the line of what has to be done "before" a >>piano can be regulated (see my recent post about "Incompetent >>Technicians"). >> What seems, in my experience, to be lacking >>most is laying a solid foundation for a good regulation: hammer travel and >>burning, jack position(s) in relation to the knuckle, lining up the hammers >>to the strings, checking for friction, lubrication, replacing key end felt >>while the action is in the shop in order to make damper regulation easier. >>That type of thing. Does this sound like a good idea for something a little >>different? >> >Mr. Todd; >Yes , it does sound a little different. >What seems to be, in my experience as a concert technician, is you're on the right track, but >, as far as laying a "solid foundation" goes, you should start at the begining! > > > >> Now if I could just get the guy who screwed up the action I've been >>working on to come to that class...... <G> > > >> Any ideas/comments would be appreciated. > Again.. Mr. Todd; >You mentioned that you know this problem tech. Shouldn't you ask him to attend and take in your class? Maybe then you could teach him the "right" way of doing things and relieve yourself of some of those frustrations brought on by "incompetent technicians"!!! >> >>Robert moffatt >>Calgary, Alberta >>Canada >_____________________________________ >>Avery Todd, RPT >>Moores School of Music >>University of Houston >>Houston, TX 77204-4893 >>713-743-3226 >>atodd@uh.edu >>_____________________________________ >> >> >> >> > rm
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