[pianotech] some questions

[paul bruesch]

Marshall, it's been posted here several times. Simply send a blank email
to:
pianotech+subscribe at googlegroups.com

That's all there is to it. You need to do that by the end of this month.




On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 9:21 PM, Marshall Gisondi
<pianotune05 at hotmail.com>wrote:

>  HI who ever is left on this list. :-) I'm still not sure how the google
> one works. I sent this blank e-mail to an e-mail address someone here gave
> me, but I'm not getting any posts from that google list. Am I missing
> something?
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> Also, today I encoutered a roughly 50yr old Story & Clark console. This
> groupon customer purchased it at a thrift store. Now normally I'll just
> pull the pitch sharp to a point and let it fall into place, but today I was
> concerned since it was so far out. So I thought I'd bring it up gradually.
> I've heard that this can work as well, and I've done it in the past.
> However I had to tune the treble three times the bass at least three and
> the temparement twice and unisons a couple of times and it started drifting
> again. It stayed for the most part but I'm curious as to what the problem
> might be because I've heard that you can bring up a p iano up gradually
> although it can cause it to be more unstable according to my instructors at
> the school. Even though I learned how to do it by bringing it up in one
> pass and then fine tuning it. I'm thinking it might just need more tuning
> and time to gain stability since I know it was over 30 years since it was
> tuned according to the date the customer and I found in the piano 1975 or
> 78. Also, there is this greasy substance on all the tuning pins, and the
> pin torque doesn't feel tight but not so loose either, but can that grease
> be affecting the pins thus causing the instability? I didn't see any cracks
> on the bridges pin block and back seem OK. I do recall the pins in the bass
> feeking mushy. homm how can I explain this? They pull up and hold but don't
> hesitate to fall if I tap the handle of the lever. It's like their tight
> but feel spongey in places down there. the grease is all over th epins. my
> fingers were black when I finished. I hope I didn't make a mess in their
> powderroom sink when I washed my hands lol . So what are your thoughts?
> Marshall
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> *Marshall Gisondi*
> *MARSHALL'S PIANO SERVICE*
> *215-510-9400*
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