piano look-see

[stranges@Oswego.EDU]

THank you all for your help and lists of piano evaluations!!
NERVP Pauly said I spelled accessment wrong?

Did I??

Oh well....

(is that part of NERVP duties?? Finding spelling errors??)

:B


hehehe!!


Anwyays- thank you all.

Mike Kurta's going to snail-mail me some of his old lists and some of you 
mentioned mailing some to me and I would like that for sure if it's not too 
much of a problem.

My email at school is:

stranges@oswego.edu

If you email me-
l'll send you my home address- or it's in the PTG membership directory 
under Stranges.


I have seen the PTG 2-ply invoices and I would like some of those but being 
only 2/3rd's RPT- I cannot order them YET- and if one of you RPT's sent me 
one.....


Ghaadddd you'd get KILLED!!


:B

It's always great to see how others work and I apprieciate you sharing.

:)
Michelle

--On Sunday, September 14, 2003 10:35 AM +0000 Lwellerrpt@aol.com wrote:

> Michelle-
>
> I make categories and then as the evaluation unfolds, details are more or
> less complete according to the needs of the moment.  (Not always good
> enough  because I always think of something else later)  Whatever comes
> of this  conversation, I'll probably add that checklist to my small stack
> of papers in the pocket  of the toolcase.
>
> If I've forgotten anything, we can blame it on Sunday morning sleepies.
>
> Lisa Weller
>
> p.s.  Two things that have helped my student find problems-
> Sesame Street's song "One of these things is not like the others"  Yes
> the  teacher gets the dirty look regularly :-)
> and the proverb, "Piano Techs like to see straight lines and even spaces."
>
>
>
> LISA'S SHORT AND OH-SO-HANDY INSPECTION LIST
>
> Usually, you'll know most of the answers after the first section.
>
> General appearance and first impressions
>        name, serial# and country of origin
>        case appearance
>        scratches/damage
>        missing parts
>        color problems/mismatched parts
>        smell, how dirty, evidence of critters
>        what type of action
>        what type of flanges,springs and strings
>        glance around for new parts & strings
>        evidence of bad work from other techs
>        a general idea of age of piano and how worn out things are
>        impressions from a few chords and runs played
>              tuning-when and how far from pitch
>              playability
>              pedals
>
>
> Playability
>        what can it still do
>        does it hurt you to play it
>        investigate unusual things
>
> Strings/pinblock
>        what's been replaced/repaired
>        tuning pin condition/size
>        quality of stringing job/neatness of coils
>        pinblock fit and solidness
>        bass string tone
>        rust
>        tunability
>              tuning pin torque and evenness
>              string rendering
> Bridges
>        original quality/cheapness
>        cracks
>        loose pins
>        separating from soundboard
>        see and hear how strings sit against bridge and pins
>
> Plate
>        finish flaking
>        plate bolts all present and tight
>        general fit to case
>        hitchpins
>        aliquots in place
>        under string felt presence and quality
>        look for bits of felt shoved between strings near capo for
>        evidence of  string/capo noise problems
>
>  Keys & key frame & key bed
>        what's been replaced
>        keytop condition
>        bushings/keybuttons
>        condition of leads
>        level and height
>        how flattened is the backrail cloth
>        condition of keypins
>        look for chewed up places or wood rot on a grand keyframe
>        condition of glidebolts
>        condition of keybed spring
>        condition of all the places where the keyframe touches
>
>  Action
>        what's been replaced and resulting damage (shredded backchecks
>        from  bad shaping of hammer tails, etc.)
>        hammer condition
>        shape of knuckle
>        what still works/doesn't work as far as how much regulation had
> deteriorated
>        condition of brackets, rails and screws
>        felt condition
>        leather condition
>        pinning
>        screws tight
>        smoothness of spoons and capstans
>
> Dampers
>        what's been replaced
>        what works or not
>        age of felt and wires
>        guiderail
>        back action
>              how underlevers are attached (glued in or screwed in)
>              alignment of underlevers/timing on lift with pedal
>              pinning
>              leads
>              tray
>              pitman& levers
>              felt and leather
>        key end felt condition
>
> Sostenuto
>        what works or not
>        condition of tabs
>        condition of rail and supports
>
> Case & legs
>        finish age, type and condition
>        condition of hinges
>        fit of fallboard, lid and other movable parts
>        condition/presence of music desk
>        veneer problems
>              loose
>              missing
>              cracks
>        hardware
>              loose
>              missing
>              finish
>        legs
>              attached correctly and in correct location
>              cracks or previous repairs
>              bolts/screws not obstructing cheekblocks or keyframe
>        casters
>              matching
>              condition
>              what have they done to the floor
>
> Pedal lyre
>        attached correctly
>        proper lyre braces attached correctly
>        separating of lyre parts and/or bottom of pedal box (check for
>        hymnal  under pedals)
>        wear of dowels, felts and leather parts
>        check all pedals for function & follow problems
>
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