Sounds like the farmer story in the latest Journal...welded the pins to the plate so it wouldn't go out of tune...does this stuff really happen??????? ;] Wayne Lutzow Sacramento > > At 01:31 PM 06/28/02 -0500, you wrote: > >This morning I finished up the regulation of a 38 year old Baldwin > >L. While attempting to regulate the damper upstop rail, I found that it > >wouldn't move. I thought perhaps it was stuck with varnish. But no, a > >bright light revealed that some previous tuner must tired of regulating > >it, and actually had driven 5 small nails into it to hold it into > >place! Fortunately he didn't hammer the headless nails all the way in, > >and I was able to get them out with little visegrips. FWIW. I hope no > >one else runs into similar stupidity, but thought someone might profit > >from knowing this experience. > > > >Ray
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