Tuning Walk Out

[Farrell]

No, the lady said that the work was done locally (Tampa Bay area).

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Ross" <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: Tuning Walk Out


> 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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