Tuning Walk Out

[John Ross]

Hi Terry,
The old tuner, who got me started, used to replace loose pins with #5's. He
used to say that $#%@ won't come loose again.
Sometimes it did, as he had split the block. I used to run into the results
of his work periodically.
It is hard to imagine a complete block this way. Is there a chance the work
had been done in the middle of winter, up north, and then gone to the humid
south?
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 5:52 PM
Subject: Tuning Walk Out


> A first for me yesterday.
>
> I went to service an old Knabe upright (rewhatevered a few years ago).
Lady said it needed tuning and a note fixed. Piano was 50 cents flat. I
started raising pitch, and after turning six tuning pins I went outside to
get my torque wrench. I tested the six that I had already moved and about a
half-dozen more and all but one were WAY over 200 inch-pounds torque. I
would guess most were between 250 and 300 inch-pounds. My torque wrench
looked like it was ready to become a pretzel without even moving most of
them. As I had injured (pulled something in my neck) myself a month ago on a
new Boston studio followed by a nasty 1098, I was not ready to miss another
couple weeks of work to finish this one tuning. I told the lady that I would
not tune her piano and why. She was quite understanding.
>
> I would sure like to know what Bozo put those new tuning pins into that
piano. S/he obviously does not attend PTG conventions and/or participate on
this wonderful list!
>
> My arm was a bit sore this morning. I am very glad I did what I did. At
the time I was really wondering if I was just being a wimp - but clearly,
such was not the case.
>
> Terry Farrell
>
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