There were a lot like that. There were also quite a few that were on the loose side, also. And everything in between! :-( Another problem is that the tuning hammer sits fairly high on those pins. Avery At 09:05 PM 3/26/05, you wrote: >How is tuning those 6's? Seems like they'd be high torque and make fine >treble adjustments difficult. > >Alan R. Barnard >Salem, MO > > >-----Original Message----- >From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf >Of Avery Todd >Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 8:51 PM >To: pianotech >Subject: Always Something New! > > >List, > >I thought after almost 30 yrs., I'd seen just about everything. :-) > >Today, I was working on an old Baldwin grand (# 6030, I think) and >discovered it had 6/0 pins! I knew they were out there, but I've never used >them and wouldn't even consider it, actually! It also sounded like it had >concrete hammers and the lady who had to play on it, just hated it! I >couldn't imagine why! :-) > >Whoever "worked" on this piano however many years ago, didn't have a clue >about hammer traveling! They were going every which way! One particularly >bad one I took off the rail and there was a fairly thick sandpaper shim >under the flange. When I took it off and reinstalled the hammer, it was >really crooked! Obviously, he'd tried to straighten up a badly glued hammer >by shimming. No matter what it did to the traveling. No hammer I took off >had any traveling paper there except for the above problem! I think I spent >almost 3 hrs. straightening out all that mess! Amazing! :-( > >Sorry. Just venting a little. But at least, after finishing with it, she >seemed to love it! But what a way to spend an Easter Saturday! Oh well, I can >pay another bill or two now! :-) > >Avery > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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