Les, Inquiring minds want to know - just how old was this L? Horace At 07:32 PM 3/7/97 -0500, you wrote: >Hi, Avery. > >I guess this one fits in under the "sealed piano" thread. A couple of >years ago I was called in to service an S&S "L" that was exhibiting >some action problems. I removed the check block screws easily, and >then the key-slip, check blocks and fall board. No problem. Until I >tried to remove the action. It simply wouldn't budge. Further inves- >tigation revealed that a charter member of the BPTA ( Bozo Piano >Technicians of America) had turned the glides up all the way and then- >now get this--glued the keyframe to the keybed! Talk about frustration! >It turned some relatively routine action-work into a major PITA. And, >yes, my sense of frustration was clearly reflected in my bill! :-) > >Les Smith >lessmith@buffnet.net > >On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, Avery Todd wrote: > >> Ted, >> >> I have that problem with the techs at the local S & S dealer. Every >> time I need to get into one of his C & A pianos, because of the "Gorilla" >> who tightened down the cheek block screws I have to have a "Godzilla" >> screwdriver to get the screws out. Can be embarrassing sometimes. I went >> through 3 screwdrivers once in a competition situation (each one bigger >> & longer) before I finally got the screws out to fix a note that wasn't >> working correctly. Frustrating. >> I told him once I was going to start charging extra any time that >> happened. :-) >> >> Avery >> >> > Fortunately the screws came out easily, but, you're right, >> >sometimes they are screwed in by a gorilla. >> > >> >Ted Simmons >> >> _____________________________________ >> Avery Todd, RPT >> Moores School of Music >> University of Houston >> 713-743-3226 >> atodd@uh.edu >> http://www.uh.edu/music/ >> _____________________________________ >> >> >> > > > Horace Greeley Stanford University email: hgreeley@leland.stanford.edu voice mail: 415.725.9062 LiNCS help line: 415.725.4627
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