[pianotech] re. Small vise grips for mass loading

[johnparham at piano88.com]

Jim and List,

Thanks for verbalizing this technique.  I was exposed to it several
years ago and use it fairly frequently.  I have no idea how widespread
this idea is.  Without overstating the obvious, I wonder if it is worth
posting in TT&T (I'm always looking!)  

More interestingly, I wonder if there are other simple, handy techniques
that other technicians use when collecting diagnostic information about
the soundboard variable?

Ideas?

Happy Thanksgiving to all,
John Parham, RPT
Hickory, NC


> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] re. Small vise grips for mass loading
> From: jimialeggio <jimialeggio at gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, November 23, 2010 1:53 pm
> To: joegarrett at earthlink.net, pianotech at ptg.org
> 
> 
> >
> > I can see these CHEAP knock-offs being used for the mass loading 
> > thingee or perhaps holding the clutch linkage of your 1958 
> > International Truck, but to use those pieces of junk for anything else 
> > would be a real travesty.
> >
> True...complete agreement...however,it just aint worth a serious tool 
> investment to have a number of duplicate expensive single purpose grips 
> sitting unused in the toolbox most of their lives.  Sometime junk has it 
> uses.  These are junk, but in this case I think junk is just fine...one 
> just needs to keep their expectations appropriately low.
> 
> Jim I
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jim Ialeggio
> grandpianosolutions.com
> 978- 425-9026
> Shirley, MA