[pianotech] Reversing Crown

[Noah Frere]

Working on that.

On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:41 PM, David Love <davidlovepianos at comcast.net>wrote:

>  Renegotiate.  Explain that the condition could not have been foreseen
> before teardown and that the board needs to be replaced.  Tell them that you
> can do the work as per the original agreement but you wouldn’t recommend it
> as the outcome may not be that good.  I assume the price and work did not
> include soundboard replacement.   If a mechanic agrees to replace the
> headgasket at a certain price, he doesn’t eat the additional cost if it
> turns out that the piston rings are also shot.
>
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> David Love
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> www.davidlovepianos.com
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> *From:* pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Noah Frere
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 23, 2009 8:32 PM
> *To:* pianotech at ptg.org
> *Subject:* Re: [pianotech] Reversing Crown
>
>
>
> i wish i had known about this possibility BEFORE the price and work to be
> performed was agreed upon...grumble...
>
> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 10:02 PM, Delwin D Fandrich <del at fandrichpiano.com>
> wrote:
>
> Yes.
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> It had negative string bearing and the strings were actually holding the
> “crown” in the board. It (the board) was, needless to say, toast.
>
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> ddf
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>
>
> Delwin D Fandrich
>
> Piano Design & Fabrication
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> 620 South Tower Avenue
>
> Centralia, Washington 98531 USA
>
> fandrich at pianobuilders.com
>
> Phone  360.736.7563
>
> *From:* pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Noah Frere
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 23, 2009 6:34 PM
> *To:* pianotech at ptg.org
> *Subject:* [pianotech] Reversing Crown
>
>
>
> Has anyone found a positive crown on a grand soundboard, then removed the
> strings and the crown reversed?
>
>
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