acceptable pin torque (grey market)

[Don]

Hi Patrick

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At 01:42 PM 9/2/2005 -0400, you wrote:
>List,
>I'm wondering what torque level you would consider "unacceptably low"  
>for a recently purchased used piano.
>I've got a customer who unfortunately did business with the local  
>Armory Sale carpetbaggers. After finding the Strauss & Son (China  
>manufactured) upright unacceptable they "traded up" to a 30 year old  
>grey market Yamaha U3.
>The soundboard sprouted cracks during the winter, and when I tuned it  
>last week (cracks invisible now at current high humidity levels)  
>found the tuning pin torque to be quite low. Yes, it "took" my tuning  
>but I'm very worried about its condition in the heating season.
>I didn't have my torque wrench with me for measurements but  
>experience tells me that it will enter the "nearly torque-less" realm  
>in another winter or so.
>I will go back to get exact measurements -- anyone have suggested  
>torque parameters for when one should urge a customer to seek further  
>redress on their "warrantied" purchase?
>
>Patrick Draine 
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Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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