[pianotech] puzzler

[Porritt, David]

Plugged it in?

dp


David M. Porritt, RPT
dporritt at smu.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ron Nossaman
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 12:23 PM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: [pianotech] puzzler


The piano is a late Aeolian "Duo/Art" player. They wanted it 
tuned before they moved out of state the end of next month. 
And, incidentally, the player doesn't work.

The first puzzle is easy. They want it tuned because the 
player doesn't work, not so much that it's been four years 
since the last one, and in spite of the upcoming move. I 
expect it crossed their minds that they might not find someone 
after the move with low enough standards to condescend to get 
the player working, assuming they had some idea how.

The second puzzle was why the player didn't work. After I got 
there, she explained that they could pump rolls through, but 
pushing the little button didn't make the electric work, so 
it's broken.

So I fixed it.

How.
Ron N