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Stan,<br>
Contact Steinway Technical Services Division and ask for Guidelines for
Institutional Piano Service. In it, you will find written for
concert pianos the following:<br><br>
Tuning and Overlook performed before every usage @ 2
hrs/service/piano<br>
Technical overhaul once per year @ 20 hrs/service/piano<br>
Technical Restoration starting between years 3-5 depending on usage
averaging 10 hrs/year/piano<br><br>
Blaine<br><br>
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At 03:03 PM 12/5/2005, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=2>In a message dated
12/5/2005 1:16:51 PM Central Standard Time, smkroeker@shaw.ca
writes:<br>
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<dd>Artists are generally polite, but when pressed, usually agree
that <br>
<dd>the action is 'heavy and unresponsive' (I have the t/w numbers
to <br>
<dd>support this, but won't bore you with them ... yet) coupled
with <br>
<dd>relatively soft hammers.<br><br>
<dd>The challenge is to convince the generous donors of this
instrument <br>
<dd>that further investment is necessary to bring out it's best.
I'd <br>
<dd>like to intersperse my recommendations with 'official' Steinway
and <br>
<dd>PTG bulletins.<br><br>
<dd>I'd be very grateful for any suggestions.<br><br>
<dd>Best regards from the frozen Canadian prairie,<br><br>
<dd>Stan Kroeker, RPT<br>
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</dl>Stan<br>
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