Dear Liszt, I just ran across a real puzzler for me. If you feel so inclined I would greatly appreciate your advice. I began today to regulate the action of an S&S "B". I began as we all do with an inspection/evaluation of all parts and found, much to my dismay that key leads had been removed in over half the keys. In all cases the lead removed was the one closest to the balance rail. When these leads were removed the holes were not plugged but rather left open. My feeling is that I must , at the very least, plug the holes with suitable wood. I am however unsure now as to what else I may run in to with this action. What I thought was going to be a simple regulation now may turn out to be much more. If you were to run in to this kind of situation, and I'm sure that someone has, what else would you look for and how would YOU proceed? Thsis job has already been quoted , etc., etc., and I feel that I could go ahead and charge extra within the proposal for plugging but reweighing, (something I've not done before), couldn't be worked in to a nominal increase over the original estimate. Have you any idea why someone would elect to remove leads and not plug the holes? Can I assume that these leads were removed for a legitamate reason or should I take the position now of not trusting anything and proceed from a point of "all bets are off" and strike a new deal with the group paying for this work? Am I being too paranoid? perplexed in Ohio Greg Newell Greg and Mary Ellen Newell Greg's Piano Forte` Lakewood, Ohio 44107 gnewell@en.com
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