<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1126" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>We have some available in the Paris Music school, where a real maintenance = curse is followed (and way necessary).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'll come back with these figures (more precisely than what I know actually) = during july.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The formula will be checked against a database with time passed on = interventions, so well have this feedback info. I thought I was yet done in some places , = and that the data have been used to setup the formula.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best regards.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> Isaac OLEG Entretien et réparation de pianos. PianoTech 17 rue de Choisy 94400 VITRY sur SEINE FRANCE tel : 033 01 47 18 06 98 fax : 033 01 47 18 06 = 90 cell: 06 60 42 58 77 <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left>-----Message d'origine----- De : = caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]De la part de Richard Brekne Envoyé : vendredi 13 juin 2003 = 15:53 À : College and University Technicians Objet : Re: Let's = cut to the chase was Re: Guidelines comments </DIV>I aggree with = this Wim. These questions should have reasonable answers, and they would be = valuable to be able to put on the table when dealing with admin folks. I just put a brand new set of hammers on a Hamburg C in October. = The instrument has been used on average 5 hours a week since then. Just = two weeks ago I had no choice but to file down a bit as the grooves were 2 mm = deep already. These were 1/2 high Strike Weights. We all throw in data like this to a central data base.. and those = answers will reveal themselves. All we need is way of archiving the = information so it is easy to arrange in meaninful ways. RicB Wimblees@aol.com wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE">IBean counters not withstanding, this is still a = question I would like to have answered. Airplanes fly a certain number of hours before they are reconditioned and eventually = put in the graveyard out in Arizona. We get a maintenance schedule for our = cars. But what are some guidelines for pianos? How many = "hours" of playing do a set of hammers get before needing to be replaced? How = many times can we restring a piano in the original pin block. When does a = soundboard need replacing? How many times can a piano be rebuilt, = with a new soundboard and pin block and strings? Last = year this subject was talked about briefly, but I don't think we ever got a definitive = answer. I realize these are all questions with lots of answers, based on = usage, climate control, budgets, etc. But this is the kind of information = that would be useful, even to techs out in the = field. Any one = want to give some answers? Wim   =  </BLOCKQUOTE> -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway = <A href="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> = <A = href="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broad= park.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A> <A = href="http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html">http://www.hf.uib= .no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html</A>   </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>