[Files] Fw: 6 pictures for you

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Thu May 11 12:51:36 MDT 2006


> List,
>     Wing and son upright piano from around 1930 as best as I can tell.
> Flat strung with this unusual strut behind the soundboard.
> This piano is 200 cents flat and I don't know what to do !
> I'm a pull it up to pitch guy,but this one makes me nervous.Thoughts?

Only that if you don't like it, don't do it. Having a 
customer's approval to do something you're not comfortable 
with still leaves YOU standing in front of the thing stacking 
on tension.

How did this come to be in the shop when these decisions are 
being made?


> Tom Driscoll RPT
>     P.S. "Sostenuto Al Bel Canto" --from  Babelfish online translation means
>              "Supported to the beautiful song"

Or possibly an afterthought added after the plate pattern was 
made, in an attempt to lessen the incidence of implosion when 
they were chipped up to pitch at the factory. Wouldn't be the 
first time an emergency patch was dressed up as an intentional 
marketing feature after the fact. Best way to hide a mistake 
is to put lights on it, buff it up, and call as much attention 
to it as possible. Everyone will want one.

Ron N


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