This collapsing that everyone keeps talking about - does that apply to antique uprights - like this one is ? David Doremus wrote: > Dean May wrote: >> >> >> The best reason to not do it is the customer will perceive you as having >> destroyed their precious piano if it does collapse. Better to tune it >> to 150 >> cents flat. > > Hi Dean, of course you are right. I was assuming that all relevant > warnings of customers had taken place, and I also was speaking a wee > bit tongue in cheek. I have several old instruments that live very > happily a half a step flat. But if the owner wants it at 440, the > English pianos were built for it, the only way to discover whats going > to break is to try. My advice from the beginning would be to restring, > most times these old pinblocks are just barely hanging on anyway. I > have seen a few, mostly French Herz, Erard and Pleyel grands where the > block is collapsing forward and splitting at the stretcher, along the > keyboard end line of tuning pins. These I will not try to tune, > usually at that point the block is twisted enough that it is > interfering with the action, now thats a joy. > > --Dean > > -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding Reed Organ Society Member Florissant, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler at charter.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com -- Home & Business user of Linux - 10 years
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