This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Well, I'm off to bed early, so here's the answer: Remove the fuzz, lint, = and junk from under the key fronts and, in a couple of cases, a paper = punching as well. A little more dip solved the problem. I didn't remove any butts = but they acted like they are pretty "dimpled." The jacks just wanted a = little more after touch to clear. Rail may have settled back some and, of = course it's worn and compressed. But I didn't want to have to redo all the capstans, etc.=20 =20 I confess it's a field repair for when you don't really care... But it's = one step up from the county dump.=20 =20 Alan R. Barnard Salem, MO -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On = Behalf Of Alan Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 7:53 PM To: 'Pianotech' Subject: Challenge Question Here's the kind of crap I get to play with all too often: =20 Ancient BBUBIIBUWBHAABUBBATFAABTIY (Big Beautiful Upright But Inside = It's Butt Ugly With Bubbling Hammers And A Bunged Up Bass Bridge And Totally Filthy And Ain't Been Tuned In Years) =20 Sitting in a metal building that is heated/cooled one evening a = week--sign over door says "Little Branson Theater." =20 "Can you please come tune it before Saturday? We're having a show!"=20 =20 Well, isn't that just special! And, no foolin' now, that shore IS an emergency, yessirree ...=20 =20 Anyway many hammers bububububbling. Lost motion not bad, letoff kinda = okay, checking not very good, etc., etc., etc. =20 But the fix was easy and quick. Think about worn parts, the general untidiness of these old beaters, and basic upright geometry... =20 Any takers? =20 Alan R. Barnard Salem, MO =20 -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.1 - Release Date: 03/09/2005 -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.1 - Release Date: 03/09/2005 --=20 Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.1 - Release Date: 03/09/2005 =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/08/89/d0/5e/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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