Brian, Check the level of the keys. The middle, playing area may have sagged. David I. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf > Of Brian Lawson > Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 6:52 AM > To: pianotech > Subject: Concert Prep - what is it and what it isn't? > > > Hi listee's, so despite my post of last week with my casino piano woes it > seems I have some more "concert work" coming my way. hate it, > hate it, hate > it. The reason, I try to avoid it and stay with the domestic work of > household tunings which is done on my own determined time > schedule, honestly > hate time constraints - RPT exam was a minor nightmare. > > So, the piano in question is a S&S C, it has (for me) a very shallow touch > (seems to be at under 8mm though didnt measure acurately and tight key > bushings, dusty, damper regulation problems etc. > > In an artical that Susan Kline wrote recentlly she said that she spent her > own time working on a Baldwin, getting results that she used > later. I'm not > saying I'll do that but given the time - what amount of time should I look > at? what should I work on? do I try and re-regulate the piano to specs I > have from that Steinway book which has blow at 1 7/8" (47mm) and touch at > 9.5mm or as "it works", leave it? > > For those of you who do this as a regular activity, is your tuning charge > more than a domestic tuning, your time preping; how much per hour in > relation to your tuning price - give me a percentage difference > rather than > a dollar price. > > Have there been articals in the journal that I have missed or not > duplicated? > > Brian Lawson, RPT > Johannesburg, South Africa > >
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