Cordless screwdriver

[Dean May]

You've got to remember that the piano market is very tradition driven.
Pianos are sold by salesman that typically know very little about pianos,
but they know sales features, to a public that knows even less about pianos.
And they consider it a huge feature that their brand of piano is being made
by time tested methods using time tested materials. When I sold pianos I've
been known to use the line, "I can show you pianos 150 years old made with
wooden action parts. I can't say the same for plastic. Most anytime plastic
has been tried in piano actions it has met with disastrous long term
results." Those were all true statements designed to get the prospect to buy
my piano, not the one down the street. And they worked.

Dean
Dean May             cell 812.239.3359
PianoRebuilders.com   812.235.5272
Terre Haute IN  47802

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From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On Behalf
Of justpianos@our.net.au
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 7:41 AM
To: Pianotech
Subject: Re: Cordless screwdriver

Ron Nossaman <rnossaman@cox.net> said:

>
> >Thanks for all replies on split washer suggestions, but why aren't all
> >manufacturers doing this. They must know that their pianos are going into
> >different atmospheric conditions.
> >Any comments on the Allen-key wrench.
> >Bruce Browning-The Piano Tuner
>
> More to the point, why aren't all the manufacturers using ABS flanges that
> don't swell and compress with humidity and shrink and get loose when it's
> dry? Why not eliminate the cause instead of treating the symptoms?
>
> Ron N
>
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Good point, and something I've thought about for some time.
There are many parts which may well be replaced with plastic, surely much
easier to manufacture, closer tolerances and more stable, and definitely
have
no effect on tone of the piano.
For example, moulded keys, moulded keyframe and many more parts of the
action
than have been moulded before. Any comments?
Bruce Browning-The Piano Tuner


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