I would choose option #2. Tune by plucking the strings with your fingernail, or use the unacorda pedal. Leave the realignment til next time when you are not in such time constraint.. A 'quick fix' may snowball on you. Later on, when the action is removed you can proceed with a general 'tweeking', and you can plan for the time. Jon Page Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At 08:58 AM 2/2/97 -0800, you wrote: >You are tuning for a regular customer whose piano is medium to good and >you are about half way through and are rushing to avoid being late to a >dental appointment afterwards when you discover several hammers warped >enough by humidity or whatever to be missing one of the strings. >Do you: >1. Ignore the situation? If not, why not? >2. Tune the unstruck string, and if so how? >3. Align the hammer, and if so is this enough? >4. Twist the shank. Is this all that needs to be done? >5. Travel the hammer. How is this different from Aligning? >6. Reshape the hammer. Why would this be necessary? >7. Throw up your hands in frustration. (My choice for a lot of >situations) >8. All of the above? >9. Choose your own numbers or add some. > >This list gets into areas that I'm sure some of the newer technicians >have a hard time understanding because they don't have the basic >knowledge yet. I suggest that discussions like the above may be very >helpful to them. > >Sincerely, > >Warren >-- >Warren D. Fisher >fish@communique.net >Registered Piano Technician >Piano Technicians Guild >New Orleans Chapter 701 > >
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