I just worked on a 25 year old Baldwin SF-10 last week. This piano has seen regular service and some of the tuning pins were still snapping back and forth as I was tuning it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clyde Hollinger" <cedel@supernet.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 1:28 PM Subject: jumping pins > Friends, > > Do jumping tuning pins ever cure themselves over time? > > This is the situation. In March 1981 (yeah, you read it right) I tuned > a Wurlitzer spinet or console in which the tuning pins jumped so badly > that I never wanted to see it again. The piano was less than ten years > old, and I suggested the owners contact the company to see if it was > covered by guarantee. They never did, and I never went back. > > Now the adult daughter called me today and would take the piano if it is > tunable. How would I know? I haven't seen it in 19 years, and at that > time I was just getting started in the business. I told her I would ask > all of you. So, back to the first question, or any other input that > might be helpful. Thanks. > > Regards, > Clyde Hollinger > >
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