Good advice, Les. CYA is so right in a lot of situations. Ted >Partial, make-do, band-aid type of repairs on marginal instruments >have a way of coming back to haunt the technician. So, if you're >faced with a situation where your only option is to reglue the ham- >mer felts to their cores, or only replace the old, crumbling brass >butt-plates that are actually broken at the moment, or only reglue >a few of an entire set of keytops that are coming unglued, I have a >suggestion to make. In some way CLEARLY MARK those parts which you >have reglued or otherwise repaired. Also identify them on your re- >ceipt. Further, bring to the attention of the owner, and also write >it down on your receipt, that it is to be expected that the felt on >the other hammers will eventually come unglued, too; that other of >the old, brass butt plates will break; and that other keytops will >come off. That will save you the distinct possibility of getting a >call from the piano's owner down the road, where he says: "Ted, those >hammer felts you reglued for me have separated AGAIN; or, those brass >butt plates you replaced for me, have broken AGAIN; or those keytops >you reglued for me have come loose AGAIN. Clearly identify those parts >you have repaired. Or, as Newton would say, CYA! > >Les Smith >lessmith@buffnet.net
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