This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I was being a bit facetious. You are generally right; it is the technician's responsibility to have said no, in this case, explaining = the potential downside of such a procedure. Further, it is the technician's responsibility to "do no harm", if the requested procedure is clearly = going to lead to problems. Morever, if the technician is unclear about the application of chemical hardeners, the correct and reversible strengths = that should be used on a given hammer, and ploughs ahead anyway, then they = should assume responsibility. There are times, however, when a customer = insists on a procedure, a regulation spec, or something else that, explain as we = might, they will have done one way or the other. In this case, you have the = choice to either walk away or proceed with the caveat that they will have to = pay for the undoing should it not produce what they like. Recently, I had = a customer insist that she wanted deeper key dip with a huge amount of aftertouch. As hard as we tried to get to the real issue of what she = was trying to accomplish, she insisted. As predicted, after the change was made, she didn't like it and wanted it changed back. She paid me for = both changes. =20 David Love davidlovepianos@comcast.net=20 Replace the hammers and send the professor the bill. =20 David Love davidlovepianos@comcast.net ------------ In principle I agree 100 %. RicB I don't often disagree with David Love, but I do here. The original = problem was that a Yamaha C2 didn't sound large enough for a particular [large] space. At that point, the technician has two options: 1) If the hammers are, in the technician's opinion, already developing = full brightness when played forte, tell the professor that the piano ISN'T = large enough, and that doping will cause other problems. Sometimes our = experience requires us to say, "No." 2) If the hammers are, in the technician's opinion, on the dark side, = use juice appropriate to the situation. In other words, if they are just all over dark, a weak drop near the tip for added zing, or if they aren't developing enough buzz at ff, put THE RIGHT AMOUNT in the shoulders.=20 =20 In either case, the doctor doesn't let the patient prescribe; and it is = up to the technician to predict the results of his work. It is possible to = make quite a difference with dope and still have it reversible, and it is possible to go part way and check the results with the client before = doing something extreme. I suspect the rinsing will do the job and not require replacement, but in either case, I'd eat the expense. =20 Bob Davis, RPT Stockton, CA ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/e4/a1/46/27/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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