shreddy fake buckskin, etc.

[Farrell]

> I do everything short of installing new soundboards, so I'm not going to
> rebuild it even if she buys it.

Don't let the need for a new soundboard drive you away from rebuilding a
piano. Just like many rebuilders sub out refinishing, there are a number of
well-known, hi-quality, rebuilders that offer belly work to the trade. I'm
sure there are many more local, and less well known, qualified rebuilders
that offer the same. Give that a thought next time you have the opportunity
to rebuild, but the instrument needs a new board! Do that a few times and
you will be tempted to install the board yourself in the future!

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Nereson" <dnereson@dimensional.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 8:05 AM
Subject: shreddy fake buckskin, etc.


> Re:  fake buckskin (?) (if that's what it is):
> <I have one of these Kohler & Campbells in my studio.  One major repair
that
> you will have to do is replace the faux buckskin on the backchecks (my
guess
> would be within 6 years) the felt that they use will shred and fly all
over
> the piano, leading the customer to ask "What's that yellow stuff all over
my
> hammers and in my piano?"  >
>     Yes, I've seen the same stuff in Kawai verticals, I think -- after a
few
> years, there's this yellow fuzz all over the catchers, backchecks, &
> regulating rail.
>
> Re:  fractions to decimal:
> <Divide the bottom number by the top number. I.e. 4/3 = .75>
>     No, you divide the top number by the bottom number.  3/4 = .75  ;  4/3
=
> 1.33
>
> Re:  <'d like to get the list's recommendations on which "coil maker" I
> should
> use. >
>     Make your own from a chunk of hardwood or pinblock material, a tuning
> pin, and a small wood screw.  The piece of wood can be approximately 1 1/2
x
> 2 x 2.  Just drill a hole slightly undersize for the tuning pin, drive it
> in, then install the small wood screw about a quarter inch from the tuning
> pin, but let it stick up a half inch or so.  This is what the piano wire
> bears against while you're winding the coil.  Then just buy the crank
handle
> from a supply house.  Small, hand-held, cheap, works great.
>
> Thanks, everyone,  for the opinions on the Mason & Hamlin vs. other
options.
> I do everything short of installing new soundboards, so I'm not going to
> rebuild it even if she buys it.  She found a slightly smaller Yamaha for
> about the same price and will probably go with that.
>
> --Dave Nereson, RPT
>