This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi List, I'm working on a 7' Schiedmayer grand from around 1900's that has seen = quite a bit of work previously. Nothing new in that, however I have some = queries that I'm sure many of you may be able to address. The upper treble section has recently been restrung, (a poor job too I = might add, and the customer thinks so too) but what I noticed first off = is that the previous tech left out the bearing cloth between the = agraffes and pins. (Possibly intentionally) There is a metal curved bearing insert where the remainder of the piano = has bearing cloth. After de-stringing I noticed that the other bearing = inserts were timber with cloth covering.=20 My question is; should the upper treble metal insert have a cloth = covering or is there a good reason for it being metal and possibly not = being covered?=20 The restring job in this section was done with one gauge throughout = (note 70 to note 88 with .825mm or .032") giving the treble a strange = sound as well.=20 After sanding off the terrible paint job (gold house paint applied with = yard broom) I found the original (?) plate gauge markings showing 4 = gauge changes in this section which seems more normal to me.=20 Do most of you routinely check the scaling in the treble? If so do you = often find improvements, as there is little room to move in this area, = perhaps only a gauge or so and stepping at a slightly different point? BTW I think the same tech did the action work, the DW was too heavy to = be read by my measure weights ie 70 plus grams. New hammers down to note 13, some new knuckles here and there etc etc. = Plays like a truck... Many thanks, Regards, Graeme Harvey New Plymouth NZ. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/16/ec/8d/01/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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