I feel ya on that, Avery - the shop I work for now carries the new Pearl Rivers. Bain. Of. My. Existence. -ilex }-----Original Message----- }From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On }Behalf Of Avery Todd }Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 3:29 PM }To: Pianotech }Subject: Re: Aha! was flat facts } } }IMHO, there is no way on God's green earth that the tuning pins I "tried" }to turn }on 4 Pearl River verticals a couple of weeks ago are going to be turned }backwards }with the mere tension on the wire compared to the tension inside }the block! }No way! :-) }I hurt and was wishing for an impact hammer when I got through! } }Avery } } }>>I still go with turning pins, though. There is a natural, }sustained tension }>>on the pin from the string that would love to turn the thing }>>counter-clockwise. Earth tremors, children thudding across the }floor, sonic }>>booms, moving the piano, and hovering ufo's would all put }vibration into the }>>system, however briefly, and the pin could jiggle just a a third }of a skinny }>>hair each time. But over the years ... }> }>Is that a guess, a supposition, or an opinion? Just asking, since }the same }>rules ought to apply to us all. }>Ron N }>_______________________________________________ }>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives } }_______________________________________________ }pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC