Dear list,
I received permission to post this from rec.music.makers.piano newsgroup:
>Brenda and Larry Clough wrote:
>
> I'm not sure whether this is a solveable problem or not. But, when I play
> the piano in my living room, certain notes make my chandelier, in the
> dining room next door, buzz. It's usually the lower notes, played loudly.
> I'm sure that they just hit the harmonic frequency of the light fixture
> or something. But how do I make it stop? I don't think I can remove the
> chandelier. I am thinking about wedging a bit of paper towel between the
> pieces of metal and glass instead.
>
>Although I've never heard of anybody in real life who has this
>problem so far, there is a literary precedent. In Dorothy Sayers' novel,
>BUSMAN's HONEYMOON, woman who's helping her son refurbish his house writes
>to him saying that the chandelier has been cleaned and reinstalled. She
>gets the piano tuner in at the same time to pound on the piano for an hour,
>to be sure it doesn't jingle.
>
> Brenda
Any help or ideas that I can send to these folks.
Thank you,
Keith McGavern, RPT
kam544@ionet.net
Oklahoma Baptist University
Shawnee, Oklahoma, USA
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Date: Thu, 02 May 1996 07:45:25 -0800
From: larryf@pacifier.com (Larry Fisher)
To: pianotech@byu.edu
Subject: Re: Grand piano repair question
>One very simple way to do it is the following: Take the piano's bench and
>cover it with a piece of heavy blanket or rug to protect it's surface; On
>top of the blanket place a piece of 1/2" plywood; on top of the plywood place
>a collapsed, medium-sized scissors jack, positioned over and between two
>side legs; slide the bench, blanket, plywood and jack into position near
>the leg you want to remove and carefully raise the piano. Piece of cake and
>you don't need any help at all. Just make sure that the piano's bench is
>in good shape before using it, or carry an old, sturdy bench with you on
>such calls. Needless to say, after you get the action out of the Vose and
>the pinblock blocked up, put the leg back on before you start hammering
>the new pins in!
>
>Les Smith
>lessmith@buffnet.net
>
Great advice Les, and while we're at it, and the leg is off, dowel the hole
with the offending screw in it, redrill the hole to the proper size to
accomodate the proper sized screw. Lets fix the reason for such hassles in
the first place eh?? More money, happier customer, more gooder repair.
Lar
>>
>> I have a problem:
>>
>> -1930's Vose and Sons 5'7" grand (in poor condition) in a town 25 miles away
>> -2 broken strings on said piano
>> -about a dozen loose tuning pins in bass section (From dry winter)
>> -long screw running through leg plate into bass end of keyframe
>> -removal of action impossible because of long screw
>> -repair of loose tuning pins and replacement of strings not possible
because of
>> inability to remove action and support pinblock with pinblock jack
>> -twice set up time to have several people assist in repair (remove leg,
remove
>> screw, reinstall leg), but no luck in making connections with helpers
>>
>> Question: Is it possible for one person to remove and replace a grand piano
>> leg by themselves (and live to tell about it) and if so, what is the proper
>> procedure?
>>
>
Also Dave, I don't know how strong you are but before you go lifting on the
piano, check all the other legs and associated hardware and make sure
they're all tight. I've used some small saw horses available from builders
supply joints, hardware stores etc. They're mostly metal, lots of assembly
required, and have a small piece of 2X4 on top. These are just the right
height to accomodate most pianos. It leaves that corner of the grand just
slightly higher than the leg facilitating removal and repair. Lifting the
piano corner and positioning the horse can be a chore for some. I'm big
enough to get under the piano on all fours, and lift with the flat of my
back while using one hand to position the horse carefully under the piano.
Another way is to lay on your back and curl your legs up to your chest and
lift this way. Finally, for those of you afraid to get under such old
beasts, lift with both hands while standing on your feet, and kick the horse
under with one free leg. Personally, if the piano isn't safe enough for me
to be under it, then it sure isn't safe for small bozos and customer's legs
to be under either.
Lar
Larry Fisher RPT, Metro Portland, Oregon's
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