If you're lucky, the previous tuner replaced them with wooden elbow's. I emember about 30 years ago, Yat Lam Hong asking me what I used to replace lbow's. My answer? Clip on plastic elbows. I thought it was the norm. is response? "Why you use plastic to replace plastic? Why not use wood? on't break." Logical response. Since then, that's what I've done. He's ight. Sometimes the clip ons break again, especially years later. Wooden nes will not. Jer Yat Lam and I think alike. The only time I use a snap on is when I have to replace one or two. Once I warned a customer that all the elbows would break, but he only wanted to have me replace the two that were broken, with the snap ones. As I tuned the piano, four more broke before he reluctantly agreed to have me do all of them, with wood ones. Wim -----Original Message----- From: Gerald Groot <tunerboy3 at comcast.net> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Wed, Jul 14, 2010 1:43 am Subject: Re: [pianotech] Lester Spinet If you're lucky, the previous tuner replaced them with wooden elbow's. I emember about 30 years ago, Yat Lam Hong asking me what I used to replace lbow's. My answer? Clip on plastic elbows. I thought it was the norm. is response? "Why you use plastic to replace plastic? Why not use wood? on't break." Logical response. Since then, that's what I've done. He's ight. Sometimes the clip ons break again, especially years later. Wooden nes will not. Jer -----Original Message----- rom: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf f Rob McCall ent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 12:10 AM o: pianotech at ptg.org ubject: [pianotech] Lester Spinet Greetings List, I have an appointment tomorrow morning with my first Lester Spinet. :-) his piano was recently purchased by the client for a "steal" on Craigslist. he said the previous owner told her he hadn't tuned it in a while. She ought it so her young daughters can learn to play the piano. I'm going to their home expecting the worst. My question to all of you, is, hat are the things I should be looking for? Does this model have any ecurring problems I should be alert for? Any help is appreciated... Regards, ob McCall McCall Piano Service, LLC ww.mccallpiano.com urrieta, CA 51-698-1875 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100714/5d0e3d03/attachment.htm>
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