[pianotech] Weird Stuff in my week

[lim hock seng]

the expanding leads  wil be good enough.must be a
satisfying closure for the weekend
Lim
On May 6, 2012 1:00 PM, "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> Thought I'd enlighten.<G> Ran into a P.C. Weaver, upright. Pretty normal
> throughout ...except the bass tuning pin pattern/configuration.
> It had a 3 tuning pins pattern, instead of the normal 2 or 4. Really
> harkened me back to my beginners mode, since I had to trace all of the
> strings to make sure I was on the right pin!<G> After a fashion, I figured
> out the "system", but even then it was a mind bender. The "system" was,
> (going down in the bass w/mute strip in), bottom pin for first note;
bottom
> pin for second note; middle pin for third note; middle pin for fourth
note;
> top pin for fifth note; top pin for sixth note....then, do it all over
> again.<G>
> Today, a Pleyel Wolff, Upright, Flat Strung, Overdamper. Main problem:
> expanding leads and moth eaten keyframe felt. Yanked all of the olde felt
> out and did the pin clean/polish. Then replaced with "replica felt". The
> interesting thing was: both the Sharps and Naturals, balance rail pins had
> a route in the front half, so that the felt punching acted like the
> "clipped" punchings that we have discussed at length. BTW, this piano was
> made around 1887. The fact that it was flat strung, with a French style
> Overdamper Action, that had a real Unichorda and the balance pin thang,
was
> interesting to be sure.
> So went my week....weird, weirder, and Whoa!<G>
> Regards,
>
> Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
> Captain of the Tool Police
> Squares R I
>
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