This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Alan, Just curious, did you notice how out of regulation the piano was while = you were tuning it? Did you mention to the customer that it needed work = when you were done tuning? =20 It's so weird seeing old names surfacing as new pianos. Barbara Richmond near Peoria, IL -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- Original message From: "Alan Barnard"=20 To: Pianotech=20 Received: 2/7/2006 5:26:22 PM Subject: Answer to puzzler Didn't get very many responses to this puzzler, but I wil reveal the = answer: Conover upright, newish. Customer complained that the soft pedal didn't seem to work. Found that the prop stick was not in the hole. Put it in the hole and = regulated it. Tuned the piano. Drove away. 5 minutes later, I get a call on my cell: "Two notes don't work when I = press the soft pedal." Turn around, go back. Sure enough two notes (f3 and g3) don't work = unless you hit the keys quite hard. What was wrong? Hint (things that were NOT wrong): No hammer interference or any = problems with rubbing or interfering parts. No foreign objects. No = keystick problems. No loose screws. No flange problems. Nothing broken. Hint: The fix took one tool and about 30 seconds (after about 3 = minutes of professional analysis and diagnosis, i.e., chin scratching, = confused wonderment, and blank staring). Answer: Letoff was so early (about 1/2 inch) that, with the rest rail = lifted, there just wan't enough oomph in the key stroke to throw the = hammer to the strings. I ended up adjusting letoff on most notes and = increased aftertouch on the whole piano by replacing the front rail = felts with thinner ones.=20 "Why not just remove punchings?" you may ask. (Go ahead, ask, you know = you're dying to...) The reason was that many notes had no punchings = whatsoever under them, and many others had just one or two thin ones! I don't think it was set up well at the factory and certainly not in = the store. Alan Barnard Salem, Missouri ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/8f/4f/62/39/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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