Kimballs

[Les Smith]

HEY, I KNOW THE GUY WHO WROTE THAT! A couple of months ago he posted to
the piano group, RMMP, warning owners against ever letting a piano tech-
nician reshape the hammers in their piano by filing them. Their only
reason for doing so, he said, was to remove enough felt so that they  
could eventually suck you into having to buy a new set of hammers. He  
went on to say that he maintained a FREE tech hotline for piano owners  
who had more questions about piano-technician ripoffs. The number he gave
was 1-800-C-L-U-N-K-E-R. He said to ask for him by name, Richard Head. I
believe, however, that most people who know him well use the shortened
version of his first name. 

Les Smith
lessmith@buffnet.net

On Wed, 8 Oct 1997 DLLegg@aol.com wrote:

> Hi Les, Jim, and everyone,
> After Les thanked Jim for the once a decade tuning ammunition I was reminded
> of something I read in a catalog for a pneumatic player retrofit.  It goes as
> follows:  "Tuning is not required for the pianos sake, but for yours.  Most
> player pianos will sound fine for 5 or even 10 years.  Do not have the piano
> tuned unless it sounds bad to you.  All pianos have a limited number of times
> that they can be tuned before the pin block wears out since it is just wood
> and the pins are steel.  When this happens the piano tuner will advise you to
> replace the strings and install over sized pins."
> So.....I guess we better stop encouraging our customers to wear their pianos
> out. :-)
> Debbie Legg
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