On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 7:33 AM, tom <tomtuner at verizon.net> wrote: > Carl, > > I worked for a Baldwin dealer in the late 70's (The height of the Baldwin > tight pin era) and I did break a few pins. The biggest problem was the > jumpy-snappy nature of the process. I was just out of school and > inexperience was certainly a factor in my struggles. I remember a 243 school > piano with the rubber wheels rolling away from me as I pushed-pulled and > swore. That being said I really think breaking a pin is an unlikely event. > > Tom Driscoll > I know of a Young Chang Pramberger 185 grand where a pin broke. I'm not sure if it was being tuned by an experienced tuner, but I think it was. -- JF -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090127/7b30d5d8/attachment.html>
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