---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment Joe, At 19:16 4/19/2004 -0700, you wrote: >Conrad said: "I confirmed that the pins >would not hold very much higher pitch. The block was already doped and >yanking it up to pitch would have been a good way to ream the holes with >corroded pins." > >Conrad, >Your theory is flawed! The theory may have flaws, but in this case I confirmed the theory while tuning. Some pins had that marshmallow feel, and some had that sled-at-the-top-of-the-hill feel. (i.e.- it's holding, but the slightest touch and it goes all the way down...) >I've been preaching tuning to pitch for years. Me, too, but intuition told me this one wasn't gonna make it. >However, if there was a lot of rust/corrosion, you probably did the right >thing. <G> Seeing the darkened plate bushings was my first clue Here's a picture of me trying to get out of a can-o-worms piano... ;-} ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: THE_HAND.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 67869 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/2c/40/83/e0/THE_HAND.JPG ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045 Vox-(563)-387-1204 // Fax (563)-387-1076 The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted. ---Wm. Shakespeare - Merchant of Venice ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment--
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