Carl, It is also used in England all the time... all those really dodgy underdamped, straight strung, rusty pianos out there you see! Patrick > > Patrick: I haven't heard that term "Dodgy" for many years. I thought it > was an Australian term. I worked with an Ausy many years ago. He used it > profusely. Thanks for reminding me of our nationalistic > idiosyncronicities. > (grin) > > Carl Meyer PTG assoc > Santa Clara, 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 2:23 PM > Subject: Re: Tuning Standard > > >> 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. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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