The hammers are actually good. I'd either steam them, juice them with alcohol, or needle them- don't know what she'd think. But this is, as should be obvious, my attempt to get some more experienced folks to tell her what I've already told her. Now, she's a therapist, and he's a psychaitrist- University teaching, not private practice, so they're not wealthy, though she drives an 850 Volvo and I the cheapest extended cap Ford Ranger I could get.......... I did say to her, "Now what would you tell a client who presented what you have just done...................." Thanks les bartlett houston. On Fri, 21 Sep 2001 08:34:49 -0500 kam544@flash.net writes: > >...Lady is complaining of thuddy bass strings, and "tinny" tone, and > doesn't > >want to spent much money. Any suggestions... > >les bartlett > > Les, List, > > If you are willing to work in an attempt to solve this piano's > problems and > receive the money she doesn't want to spend, you can experiment as > much as > you want and as long as you want. > > Two ideas follow: > > 1) Short of replacing the bass strings, I have twisting offending > ones back > and forth for temporary new life until replacement was the only > option. > > 2) As to tinny tone areas (hammers with little or no felt), I have > taken > buckskin and glued it to the hammer faces and adjusted let-off to > compensate for the added thickness. Then I harden the leather to > blend it > in with the rest of the piano. > > Keith McGavern > Registered Piano Technician > Oklahoma Chapter 731 > Piano Technicians Guild > USA > > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
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