This is very true, to their credit. It's going to be interesting to watch these pianos as they age. }-----Original Message----- }From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On }Behalf Of Avery Todd }Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 5:33 PM }To: Pianotech }Subject: RE: Aha! was flat facts } } }The grands aren't too bad with a lot of good prep work, but those verticals }put the Baldwin tight pin syndrome to shame! :-) But Mark is a nice guy and }will definitely work with you on any kind of real problem you might have! }I really appreciate that. } }Avery } }At 03:55 PM 3/27/05, you wrote: }>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 }> }>_______________________________________________ }>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives } }_______________________________________________ }pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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