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<DIV><FONT color=#800000 face=Garamond><SPAN =
class=440351918-16062003>Hey
Del,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800000 face=Garamond><SPAN
class=440351918-16062003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800000 face=Garamond><SPAN =
class=440351918-16062003>Do you
have the diagram in a different format? Like a jpeg, or word or ? I can =
make out
the general ideas, but of course, the devil is in the details.
Thanks.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800000 face=Garamond><SPAN
class=440351918-16062003></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#800000 face=Garamond><SPAN =
class=440351918-16062003>Alan
McCoy</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr><FONT =
face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> =
caut-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Delwin D
Fandrich<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 13, 2003 2:08 PM<BR><B>To:</B> =
College
and University Technicians<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Baldwin termination
bars<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>----- Original Message -----
<DIV>From: <<A href="mailto:fssturm@unm.edu"><FONT
color=#000000>fssturm@unm.edu</FONT></A>></DIV>
<DIV>To: "College and University Technicians" <<A
href="mailto:caut@ptg.org"><FONT
color=#000000>caut@ptg.org</FONT></A>></DIV>
<DIV>Sent: June 13, 2003 12:04 PM</DIV>
<DIV>Subject: Re: Baldwin termination bars</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>> > I told him I thought =
he'd just
need to bite the bullet, pull the strings, pull the unit, <BR>> and =
see
what he saw. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face="Comic Sans MS">This piano may well =
have at
least part of two separate problems. First, there may be a mounting =
problem as
witnesses by the tightening of the attachment screws. If there is any =
gap at
all between the termination piece and the plate--especially under the =
capo
tastro bar--there will be a potential for a buzz. As I understand =
things, this
is one reason why the change was made from multiple unison pieces to
individual unison string termination pieces. The only way to tell for =
sure
will be to remove the section, check the surfaces and bed the section =
tightly
using a steel or brass filled epoxy. I would follow Roger's advice and =
have
the string termination bars smoothed and hardened as well. =
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face="Comic Sans MS">The second problem =
is one which
has always plagued this design. The string termination angles are too =
shallow
and front duplex string lengths are too long to provide efficient =
string
termination. On the individual termination pieces I have successfully =
ground
off the front (toward the tuning pins) bearing bar and replaced it =
with a
brass half-round. So far this has proven to be a permanent fix. The =
following
drawing, which I hope makes it through the ether, should
illustrate:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face="Comic Sans MS"><IMG =
align=baseline alt=""
border=6 height=481 hspace=0 src="cid:440351918@16062003-2067" =
style="HEIGHT: 481px; WIDTH: 745px" width=745></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face="Comic Sans MS">This shows the =
individual
termination piece, but hopefully your friend will get the =
idea.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>> He feels sqeamish about it, lacking the old devil may =
<BR>> care
spirit, and wondering what happens if he gets it apart and doesn't =
find
<BR>> anything. How can he charge for his time without =
assurance it
will be <BR>> productive. The age old problem. (My own solution is =
to eat
the time and call it <BR>> educational expense). </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face="Comic Sans MS">Somehow I don't ever =
notice my
doctor or my mechanic losing any sleep over this as they bill me for =
their
experiments. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT><BR>> =
So
anyway, I thought I'd throw the problem before this forum of wise, =
<BR>>
experienced, skilled pandits in hopes that someone will say, "Hey, I =
had just
that <BR>> same problem, and this is how I solved it," so as to =
ease my
poor colleague's <BR>> nerves.<BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face="Comic Sans MS">Well, it's a common =
enough
problem with these pianos. But the symptoms can be relieved per =
Roger's
suggestions or it can be permanently solved per the above. It all =
depends on
how much the client is willing to pay for the solution.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080
face="Comic Sans MS">Del</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>