And besides total ignorance, why would one do that? I won't use anything above a 4/0. Otherwise, it needs a new block or a different technician! :-) Avery At 03:08 PM 3/27/05, you wrote: >For restringing a piano that had had 6/0s! > >dp > >David M. Porritt >dporritt@smu.edu > >-----Original Message----- >From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On >Behalf Of Avery Todd >Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 1:32 PM >To: Pianotech >Subject: RE: Always Something New! > >Wow! Why????? :-( > >Avery > >At 07:46 AM 3/27/05, you wrote: > >Avery: > > > >APSCO used to sell 7/0 tuning pins! > > > >dp > > > >David M. Porritt > >dporritt@smu.edu > > > >-----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 > >_______________________________________________ > >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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