Alan R. Barnard wrote: > You'll think I'm making this up or exagerating but I'm not ... > > > > 1906 AIII, had serious issues when I first saw it. > Bingo! You're making it up. They didn't start making the AIII until 1914! :-D > > Sat down and noodled a few notes. It DID sound good. Got out the gear > and started to tune. A4 center string was dead-on A440 and I mean dead > on, exactly at A440! > Nice save. The last bad restringing job, I had to tell the owner it needed a new pin block (and strings and pins). The previous tech had pounded in the pins without using a jack and there was no torque in the bass. :-@ It didn't help that the block was only screwed to the plate - no liner or stretcher support anywhere. > The only real aggravation left is that this piano plays like a Mack > truck. Very heavy and way out of regulation. She likes it that way, > what can you say. And BTW, she was a concert pianist and can still > --heavy action and all--bring Beethoven and Brahms out of that piano > that'll give you goose bumps. > > > Friction or geometry problem? > It's an interesting life. > > > Yeah. It keeps me looking forward to Monday. > Alan Barnard > Salem, MO > Joshua 24:15 > Tom Cole -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060730/73efc63f/attachment.html
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