grand hinge pins

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Not just grands!

I walked in to tune a piano I hadn't seen before, in the day room of a
community seniors' center. The room was crowded with people waiting for
lunch to be served.

I set down my tools, grabbed hold of the lid, and threw it on the floor
behind the piano.

Not one of my shining moments.

Made a quick trip to the hardware store to find brass hinges as the
originals were gone, altogether. I found the hinges, but my dignity is still
AWOL.

Alan Barnard
Salem, MO

  -----Original Message-----
  From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On
Behalf Of Carman Gentile
  Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 9:36 PM
  To: pianotech@ptg.org
  Subject: grand hinge pins


  What an important lesson... to check the hinge pins even if the lid is
_up_.

    Yes, if I have anything to contribute to this list , it is to echo this
imperative:   ALWAYS check the hinge pins on a grand.
    There is a grand in a local hotel with a PianoDisc which I tune
regularly.  The bass end is against the wall.  The last time I tuned it, I
(once again) craned my neck to check the hinge pins.  Yes, I was wondering:
"why am I doing this... am I compulsive or what?"

    Surprise!  One of the pins was missing.  How did it happen?  No one at
the hotel knows.  Happened to have one in my kit that actually fit.

  Carman Gentile RPT

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