Warren, I tried that with the keyslip and promptly ran into the damper spoons. I guess that I'll have to depress them less. ;-) Andrew At 04:00 PM 7/31/2005, you wrote: >Andrew, >If you get one of those sticks that come with a new pianos and cut it so >that it extends over the sides of the keys by a half inch or so, place it >behind the black key tops and when you put the action in far enough for >the hammers to clear the pin block, hook your thumbs on the front of the >keyframe and then press down on the stick with your fingers while pushing >the action home, you will miss the fingers, unless one is already bent and >stuck up high, but I assume you would look first. >Hah! Try to read all that in one breath!! :-) >Warren > >Warren Fisher- RPT >Navy Retired - Slidell, Louisiana >98 2500 Dodge Cummins TD, DTT Auto, Smart Controller, E-Brake, ATF, EGT, >and Boost gauges, Mag Hytec tranny and differential pans, Aux. tranny >cooler, 4" exhaust, monster air filter, engine 125 hp upgrade. >02 Titanium fiver 28E33, aerodynamic front end, 2-120W solr panls, >Friendship 2000 invrtr, >four Lifeline absorbed glass mat battries, Honda 5000 genset > > > > [Original Message] > > From: Andrew and Rebeca Anderson <anrebe@sbcglobal.net> > > To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> > > Date: 7/31/2005 12:25:14 PM > > Subject: Tuning in public places. > > > > For your entertainment, > > I recently tuned a Kohler & Campbell with a Samick scale plate and > > all single strung for the headquarters of the Laredo National > > Bank. This is in a glassed over lobby (sunny in the AM) and business > > happens all around it. There are lots of people going back and forth > > so I put my business cards on the lid while I was tuning (half of > > them gone afterwards). The piano was not tuned in a long time, > > probably not since the dealer delivery tuning. There were regulation > > problems and a broken hammer to boot. > > > > What was amusing is how people reacted to the work in progress. I > > hold a thumper in my fist and test often when pitch > > correcting. People would stop and stare. I use a VT100, especially > > when pitch correcting, which they found very fascinating (got > > another job because of that). > > > > The security guards liked to relieve their boredom by coming over and > > striking up conversations. I can talk while thumping if they can > > too. ;-) One bank exec. type simply couldn't wait and when I was > > about a third of the way through my second pass said, "Don't mind > > me," sat down beside me and started playing the first movement to > > Beethovan's 'Moonlight' sonata. At which point I did stop thumping. :-D > > > > Five hours, three & 1/2 passes and damper easing, lube and sostuneto > > regulation later the piano sounded OK for a Samick. > > > > This one has a PianoDisc system on it. Any special considerations > > for regulating one of these? other than the annoyance of having to > > lift over the player fingers? Any way to lower those finger while > > working on it? It needs voicing too and that would be a real pain > > going in and out a lot like I do. > > > > Chilling in, in Texas, > > Andrew > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > > > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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