Hi John, Yep, that is certainly another reason. However, access to strings... i dont know about Brazil, but in Spain, you'll be surprised that most techs (even the really dodgy ones!) will have some wire (probably just a few sizes). Knowing how to replace the string wire properly... thats another matter! you'll laugh or cry if you see the bodges we get to see over here...for instance: a treble string replaced by some "tuner", actually came out of the pin (didnt break, it actually "escaped" from the wrestpin) while the pianist was trying the piano out before the concert... so you get the idea Patrick > Or they are afraid of string breakage, because they don't have easy > access to new ones. > John M. Ross > Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada > jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "PIANISSIMO PIANOFORTE S.L." <patrick@pianospianissimo.com> > To: "An open list, for piano technicians" <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 5:07 PM > Subject: Re: Tuning Standard > > >> "Or because they don't want to go to the trouble/risk of raising it to >>> standard pitch. >>> Which is probably the reason! >>> >>> Avery" >> >> I will have to agree with that one! similar thing over here in Spain i >> suppose (although the pitch is usually not as low as that). Also, I >> think >> that most unproperly trained techs hardly ever raise the pitch (they >> think >> they have to tune the piano 4 times or so to do it!) but mainly, is >> because they cant be bothered >> >> Or perhaps their tuning forks have gone flat with te heat! :) >> >> Patrick >> >> >> >> >> Patrick Hinves Ballesta >> Afinador/Técnico 610442371 >> PIANISSIMO PIANOFORTE S.L. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> > > _______________________________________________ > Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > Patrick Hinves Ballesta Afinador/Técnico 610442371 PIANISSIMO PIANOFORTE S.L.
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