A-440 and Ethics.

[David Ilvedson]

Hey, I need some input from tuners that HAVEN;'T broke a plate or Julia is going to really be freaked...;-]

David I.

Bye the way "the sound" was the Bondo breaking...




----- Original message ---------------------------------------->
From: "David M. Porritt" <dporritt@mail.smu.edu>
To: <rnossaman@cox.net>, <pianotech@ptg.org>
Received: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 14:07:29 -0600
Subject: Re: A-440 and Ethics.

>"The Sound" is one you don't forget.  

>The funniest one I heard about was a small grand piano that a local (no longer in 
>business) dealer bought cheap.  It had a break in one of the long struts.  He cleaned it 
>up, refinished the plate including bondoing the broken spot.  He sold it to a local rock 
>band for use in a restaurant.  It was 200-cents flat and needed to be at 440.  A friend of 
>mine went to the restaurant to tune it not knowing about the broken plate with the 
>bondo repair.  The piano survived the pitch raise and tuning but just as he was packing 
>up his tools..........  He wasn't sure he'd ever be the same!

>dave


>__________________________________________
>David M. Porritt, RPT
>Meadows School of the Arts
>Southern Methodist University
>Dallas, TX 75275
>dporritt@mail.smu.edu


>----- Original message ---------------------------------------->
>From: Ron Nossaman <rnossaman@cox.net>
>To: <dporritt@mail.smu.edu>, Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Received: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 13:50:30 -0600
>Subject: Re: A-440 and Ethics.


>>>Yes, once.  It was a Kohler & Campbell console.  The plate was obviously 
>>>put in the frame crooked and under tremendous tension.  You can make a 
>>>plate fit the frame with a strong enough power tool.  It was clearly 
>>>defective.  You do remember those, however!
>>>
>>>dave


>>I do (shudder) remember those. Haven't seen one in forever. I wonder why. 
>>Maybe the plates eventually broke in all of them???

>>I've seen a few broken plates, and declined to do the pitch raise and 
>>tunings requested without repairs, but I haven't yet had one break while I 
>>was working on it. Kent Swafford, as I recall, heard THE NOISE of a plate 
>>suicide firsthand a half dozen years back, through no fault of his own. He 
>>even posted the story to the list.

>>Ron N


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