One of the things I like best about being a floor tuner, are the last minute jobs I am asked to perform, like today. (IF you haven't gathered, I'm being sarcastic, ha ha.) I was asked to, "make it sound great, it's going out tomorrow". The "it" the manager was referring to was a pretty old "Strauss & Sons" Spinet. It was grossly out of tune, plate bolts were so loose they were barely holding the plate on, the right front leg was just as loose. Sticking keys galore, tinny, harsh sound in tenor & treble, and as "tubby" as it gets in the bass. sound like a challenge? Oh, did I mention a broken string at B6? This was my biggest problem, because I was not looking forward to disconnecting and tying up ALL the stickers in order to remove the action, so I made the decision to replace the broken string with the action IN! Thanks goodness for my Forceps, which I used to hold the wire on the hitch pin. Thanks to my thin hands, I was able to carefully guide the wire behind the action, and through the bridge pins, up through the pressure bar and so on. It was NOT fun, but was do-able. Total time for entire job: 1 hour, 45 min. Terry Peterson Los Angeles, CA Associate Member, PTG ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
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