Hi, Not only sounded better but the tuning pin feel would have improved. Bring her up quick! Joe Goss RPT Mother Goose Tools imatunr at srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ilvedson" <ilvey at sbcglobal.net> To: <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 10:50 PM Subject: Re: Story and Clark not tuned for 30 years!! > I agree with Bob...no reason not to bring it to pitch...that piano at A440, up to tension, would have sounded it's best... > > David Ilvedson, RPT > Pacifica, CA 94044 > > > ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- > From: "Bob Hull" <hullfam5 at yahoo.com> > To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> > Received: 7/21/2006 2:08:29 PM > Subject: Re: Story and Clark not tuned for 30 years!! > > > >Hi Sam, > > >I hope you can study about some different pitch > >raising techniques if you haven't already. > > >Judging from your assessment, it sounds like there is > >not any reason you couldn't successfully bring this > >piano up to A440 through a good pitch raise technique > >and then fine tuning. > > >Six months is too long to wait and go back to retune > >this piano. Major adjustments in pitch need to be > >followed up much sooner than that or the major pitch > >adjustments will be necessary again. > > >>When I moved my tuning hammer, the pitch > >> would go up, then go down when I released it. > > >Were the tuning pins tight enough in the pin block to > >hold their pitch at least for a few minutes? If not > >you will have to address this issue before any tuning > >can be done. > > >Bob Hull > >--- Samuel Choy <sam at scpianoservice.com> wrote: > > >> Hello all, > >> > >> The other day, I tuned an old Story and Clark > >> upright. When I opened it, I > >> found the business card of the last tech who tuned > >> it. It was dated > >> 07/26/1976, almost exactly 30 years ago. > >> > >> Norm Larson of South Haven, Minnesota, are you still > >> around? > >> > >> A gave it a quick inspection, and it appeared to be > >> in decent shape. I > >> vacuumed it out for the customer. There didn't > >> appear to be any rust on the > >> tuning pins or the strings. Most of the hammers > >> didn't have any grooves, and > >> those that did were very slight. The soundboard > >> didn't have any cracks. > >> > >> I didn't dare raise it to pitch because it had been > >> so long since it was > >> tuned. I just tuned it to itself. It was the most > >> horribly out of tune piano > >> I have tuned in my short career. When I was over, it > >> still sounded terrible > >> to me, but the customer was thrilled. He said it was > >> the best he ever heard > >> it sound (he's not a piano player). I was honest and > >> didn't pretend that I > >> was happy with how it sounded. I told him that it > >> would take several tunings > >> to make it sound good. He's having me back in six > >> months to give it another > >> tuning. > >> > >> The pins seemed to twist before they moved, making > >> the instrument very hard > >> to tune. When I moved my tuning hammer, the pitch > >> would go up, then go down > >> when I released it. I ended up very carefully > >> applying constant pressure to > >> the tuning hammer until I felt the tuning pin turn a > >> little. It worked for > >> me, though it took a long time. As far as hammer > >> technique goes, was that > >> something you would have done? > >> > >> Also, the piano had a sticker that boasted a 50 year > >> guarantee on the sound > >> board. How the heck could Story and Clark make a 50 > >> year guarantee on the > >> sound board? They'd have no idea what conditions the > >> thing would be kept in. > >> What did they make the thing out of? 2" thick > >> plywood? > >> > >> Sam Choy > >> > >> > >> > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > >http://mail.yahoo.com
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