This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Alan I agree with Jerry . I once serviced a Stwy M that had the top = end of the bridge end binding against the plate giving the bi-chords a = deader and a deader sound playing upwards towards note 26. I Inserted = hacksaw blade between plate and bridge and set it free. No more thunk = thunk I was surprised that it got past past quality control and others = for 20 years naaaaaaah it happens. >>>>>>>>>Dale Erwin>>>>>>>>>> I am replying because of your reference to "others". I had an = interesting encounter the other day with a piano in which the customer = said had a broken string. When I arrived, he said that he was breaking a = string about once a month, I said; "That can't be right, that should = never happen." ( His tooner was on vacation, and he couldn't wait for = him to return, because he uses that note a lot.) When I got to the piano, I noticed that the hammers ( on a Steinway = D, no less) were pretty flat looking, with string grooves about 3/8th = of an inch long. Well, the strings that kept on breaking where in the = area of the upper capo bar. When I pulled the action out, (hadn't been = cleaned since he got it, judging from the dust bunnies) there it was; a = nice line where the hammers had been actually hitting the capo bar. No = wonder he was breaking strings! He was so relieved to find someone who = could solve the problem, he tipped me 50 dollars! I filed his hammers, = did some other work, tuned, and cleaned his piano. Hey, maybe I should = increase my rates! I love being a hero! In truth, any Monkey with a = couple of tools should have been able to find the trouble in less than = two minutes. ALAS, Will we survive as a species? Sometimes I have my = doubts. Hence my (much) earlier reference to Joe's having seen way too = much nonsense in his lifetime. I suppose I'm doomed to the same fate.=20 Hey! I'm not going to let it get me down, though! (grin) ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/94/d1/87/9c/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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