TP coils

[David ilvedson]

> Date:          Thu, 30 Apr 1998 20:05:36 -0400
> From:          Carl Root <rootfamily@erols.com>
> To:            pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject:       Re: TP coils
> Reply-to:      pianotech@ptg.org

Bill,

Quit posting to the List and writing Carl's name on them...

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA

> Jon Page wrote:
> > 
> > I recently had a grand in
> 
> your shop, or . . . . . ?
> 
> > which had this wire protrusion through most
> > of the piano. Very sloppy looking. 
> 
> Any other symptoms?  Did this bother the owner? 
> 
> > I was able to clean it up with a
> > Dremel Tool and grinding bit and only nabbed a few coils, oops - pow !
> 
> So now we have new, unstretched wire.  Who paid for all this?
>  
> I don't want to come across offended or angry or judgemental (well. a
> little judgemental  :-)  ), but the business end of this operation has
> me somewhat befuddled.  There are many things we do in piano work which
> have no obvious immediate benefit, but we do them because we understand
> how lots of this stuff has a cumulative effect on the piano's
> performance.  Unless there was a benefit to the customer that they want
> and are willing to pay for, I would leave it alone.  Sometimes the
> piano's design and/or service history limit it's potential and there's a
> limit to what can be done to improve performance.  The trick is to
> figure out what to do, what not to do, and when to stop.  Preferably
> when estimating, rather than in the shop. 
> 
> Carl
> 
> Let me contribute something constructive to this becket(t) discussion. 
> Make a pair of becket pliers.  Buy small, cheap slip-joint pliers. 
> Grind or hack saw off about 1/2" of one tip.  Grind off the serated jaws
> into two concave surfaces (to conform to the sides of the tuning pin). 
> Credit to the late Gene Elfes, RPT.
> 
>