old Lowrey console

[Farrell]

FWIW, IMHO, these little Lowrey PSOs (I'm being REAL kind here), are among the worst. I service several of them and each one is nasty, nasty, nasty.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Foster" <foster29@earthlink.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>; "Keith McGavern" <kam544@gbronline.com>
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: old Lowrey console


> Re: old Lowrey consoleIn fact, yes she has complained about it.  Just about
> an hour ago, she called me up to let me know that it didn't sound any better
> and it still seemed out of tune.  Of course, I reassured her that the piano
> was in fact in tune.  So this isn't just my interpretation.  She has
> complained.
> The very first time I tuned it, about a year ago, I did add some hammer
> softner solution to the middle section and it seemed to not help.  That's
> why I resorted to reshaping and needling.  I'm beginning to wonder if it is
> just the piano design and quality that makes it sound this way.
> I have not tried pliers, though.  I haven't resorted to that just yet.  I
> wanted to get a better opinion on what else to do.
> 
> Dave Foster
> 
> 
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Keith McGavern
>   To: Dave Foster ; Pianotech
>   Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 5:44 PM
>   Subject: Re: old Lowrey console
> 
> 
>     ... the tone is a very ugly, schreeking, bright nasty sound that I can
> hardly stand while I tune it.             ... I can't understand how it
> doesn't drive her nuts.
>     ... Is there an easy/short fix to this problem shy of replacing the
> hammers that anyone here has found?
>     Dave Foster
> 
> 
>   Your comments and question beg the following question from me.
> 
> 
>   Has this customer complained about the tone that bothers you and
> specifically asked you to correct it?
> 
> 
>   If not, let sleeping dogs lie.
> 
> 
>   If yes, try squeezing the shoulders with shank knurling pliers.
> 
> 
>   Keith McGavern
>   Registered Piano Technician
>   Oklahoma Chapter 731
>   Piano Technicians Guild
>   USA
>