[pianotech] Simon & Garfunkel piano

[David Andersen]

Exactly. Brian: sometimes it pays to reread things that tick you off;  
Jude, a Gølden-Rule-living human being, meant you no harm whatsoever.
Cool down, sporty....
David A.


On Jun 28, 2009, at 8:19 AM, Ruth Phillips wrote:

> Brian,
> Regarding your response to Jude Revely's comments, I did not read it  
> as an
> attack
> on you, but as saying "out of your expected scope" as one called in  
> for
> tuning, not
> to hang new hammers.  In other words, he did not say "out of your  
> expected
> abilities".
> There was no implication of inadequacy on your part.
> Ruth Phillips
> ruth at alliedpiano.com
>
>
>> Brian,
>
> FWIW I don't read Ron's post to have anything to do with the tuning  
> as it
> arrived. We all know concert tuners are dealing with piano trench  
> warfare. I
> read Ron's comments as more to do with the manufacturing end. The  
> tenor
> tuning problems refer to the scaling problem which I believe was quite
> relevant to the thread, and the regulation and hammer hanging also  
> seems out
> of your expected scope.
>
> Best,
>
> Jude Reveley, RPT
> Absolute Piano Restoration, LLC
> www.absolute-piano.com
>
>
>
>
>> Jude
> Well you have caught me out. Yes, I am only a part time technician  
> who needs
> more training to understand the basics of piano technology. I thought
> levelling keys had nothing to do with scaling of a piano. Now where  
> do I
> find the book that tells me where to rescale a B model whilst  
> discussing key
> levelling.
> The regulation and hammer hanging being out of my expected scope.  
> Thank you
> for lowering yourself to an insult over your opinion of my work.
>