This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Well, #1 you should always use your competitors business cards when doi= ng that kind of repair...;-] David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, California Original message From: ed440@mindspring.com To: "Pianotech List" Received: 1/24/2006 1:12:42 AM Subject: Re: McGyver Soundboard Band-Aid John- By telling the truth, you have begun a good customer relationship. This is excellent business practice. Ed Sutton -----Original Message----- From: A440 Piano Service Sent: Jan 24, 2006 8:17 AM To: PTG List Subject: McGyver Soundboard Band-Aid Good Morning All, Yesterday I called on a lady with a nice old Knabe Upright. During the= inspection phase of the service I found a few buzzes when certain bass= strings were played. Further inspection revealed the buzzes were eman= ating from soundboard cracks. YIKES! She had been hearing them, too, = and they were annoying her. I fixed those buzzes on the spot by foldin= g a couple of business cards and inserting them into the cracks. I tol= d her that once I practiced doing soundboard shim repairs on a couple o= f "guinea pigs" in my garage, I'd contact her about doing the repairs t= he right way. She's interested in having them done. I made the decision to do the band-aid in the meantime like that becaus= e I know she plays the piano often, and she lives alone, and it was so = out of tune! I just didn't want to turn around and leave by dismissing= the piano until the repairs could be done. What I'd like to ask those of you with more experience is this: did I p= ut the piano at any further risk by doing this "McGyver" type quick-fix= in the short term? It didn't seem like it could aggravate the problem= , really, and that the main downside would be that the cards were susce= ptible to vibrating out again.... should I have put a drop of Tite-bon= d on them? Should I NOT have done this for some reason? Thanks, John Dorr Helena, MT ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/59/99/a3/b5/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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